Your pain is mine
and yet
it isn't

I know
and yet
I can't know

in your soul
like a fragile snowflake
each memory
crystallizes
creating a space
a space to hold the pain

each remembrance
echoes
another note
in the melody
that plays
in a minor chord

every  anguished face
rends your heart anew

your pain is mine
and yet
it isn't

I know
and yet
I can't know

the spaces in your soul
are different shapes

you alone hear
the haunting strain

the gaping wound
in your heart
is uniquely
yours

your tears
are knowing
tears

I can only cry
for
not knowing