July 22, 2010
Characters: Jack B., Renee W.
Pain is Beauty
Life wouldn't be worth so much
If there wasn't pain,
If there wasn't an end to it.
There are those whose lessons
Are best taught
During the course of their lives.
And then there are those
Who teach us the most about ourselves
After they've left their earthly bodies.
Life is defined by pain and beauty.
The anguish of loneliness, the softness of a kiss.
The slashing of a wrist, the warmth of sunlight.
But in pain, there is beauty;
In beauty there is pain.
The two are so intermingled that they become
One and the same.
Maybe, through my personal pain,
I will experience something resembling beauty.
Maybe it'll make the ugliness go away.
Maybe, I will finally become whole again.