Pinpricks on exposed skin barely causing a flinch
Ravine like gashes excruciating and unbearable.
But both are pain
Is one more valid than another?
Is a sister more sensitive than a brother?
Letting those pinpricks pierce her heart
Or does the brother just hide it from the start?
Must the pain be physical to be real?
So must one’s emotions make a physical deal?
These are some formidable questions answered not by scholars but by the ones who feel