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Almost the closest

I

laugh

at my troubles, just

laugh the hurt away.

It stays, and simply

retreats.

It always

comes back another day,

just like the rain.

The hurt that came

the moment you kissed her.

The hurt that came

when I ran away and

you didn’t follow.

The hurt that is there,

every day of

every week of

every hour of

every minute of

every second...

I have enough

hurt

for us all.

 

So the masochistic I

welcome into my arms,

the lonely may stand in my

warmth,

and the depressed will not come because

they have no comforting place.

The schizophrenic I will

console,

the bipolar I will

stabilize.

And finally

in the end I will rejoice in their

comfort,

even though I have none.

It’s the closest I can get to

happiness.

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maggie-mcleod
Published
Nov 6, 2011
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