only through

na.

there are those who act as if misery & torment

do not exist in this world,

as if they are somehow immune to the storms,

as if when it rains, it rains

around them---

yet though they may act as such,

behind the curtain lies a knowledge of others

suffering &

the suffering of oneself deep inside

pulsates & echoes

like a person playing steel drums with a

sledgehammer---

but to ignore gives no means of escape,

unless one has found a way to reach into the brain

& tear out all that which is

conscious of the world around themselves. 

 

and though there may be drugs that can relieve the pain

for a while,

it always comes back &

though the cycle of anesthetization will increase,

there is no certain way to keep it up perpetually.

 

it is the horrible, the terrible, the frightful & the

most difficult,

that needs to be confronted more often---

it needs to be investigated, embraced &

endured,

so that the act of denial will be overrun by a new

way of seeing that only through uncovering all that is

human,

will we ever progress & improve ourselves.