Are you wounded?
There are endless ways that life can mar your heart
I need not read off the written list
For it would wind around the world
Again and again and again
Resembling a paper mache ball
Are you wounded?
Feeling beyond repair?
Oh, I hear you
And I don't know
Your persistent, internal struggles
Nor you truly mine
But I'm writing to testify now
That I'm still here
Though words can often seem empty
I'm proclaiming today: Never give up
When you think you've felt too much
Know that the sun rises every day without fail
And like its beacon of light
A glorious, universal flame
Take heed of its returning presence
And do likewise
For there is always someone else
Who is just as hurting as you
Or even worse
Who needs your light
To shine his or her way
And banish the suffocating darkness
So share your torch
It just might initiate a spreading trend
Don't let your pain be in vain
Apr 30, 2015
Apr 30, 2015 at 2:23 PM UTC
Are you wounded?
There are endless ways that life can mar your heart
I need not read off the written list
For it would wind around the world
Again and again and again
Resembling a paper mache ball
Are you wounded?
Feeling beyond repair?
Oh, I hear you
And I don't know
Your persistent, internal struggles
Nor you truly mine
But I'm writing to testify now
That I'm still here
Though words can often seem empty
I'm proclaiming today: Never give up
When you think you've felt too much
Know that the sun rises every day without fail
And like its beacon of light
A glorious, universal flame
Take heed of its returning presence
And do likewise
For there is always someone else
Who is just as hurting as you
Or even worse
Who needs your light
To shine his or her way
And banish the suffocating darkness
So share your torch
It just might initiate a spreading trend
Don't let your pain be in vain
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