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wingedhamham
Original Work - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1724883/
Is it better
to have love and lost
than to never
have loved at all?
Is it better to have seen happiness
only to have it stripped away
and replaced
with sorrow?
Is knowing others
are enjoying the life you once had
as you watch through a window
of a locked door that was once open?
Life is about equivalent exchange
Sacrifice one thing for another
But how fair is it
to unwillingly trade joy for sorrow?
To know happiness is out there
Happiness in which others take for granted
while you are held in the clutches
of misery and depression
You fight for that happiness
But it will never come back
It is lost forever
Waiting to be replaced
As you wait for solace
The hole grows bigger
Loss, solitude, depression, and misery
anxiety, stress, and frustration
Negative feelings
Awful feelings
Ones you wish would go away
but are continuously renewed
Darkness grows
Reminders of the past haunt you at every turn
Happiness long lost teasing
while you can only find generic courtesy of condolence
"At least you had it while you had it"
"It is what it is"
"Remember the good times"
"We believe in you"
So generic
but what else can be said?
Especially when it is only you
who understands you
"How can I help?"
"What can we do?"
"We're here for you."
"You're a good person"
All words
Generic words
Statements to console
but in which do not heal
Healing comes from self
but what if the soul
cannot heal?
Too far damaged to ever trust or believe?
You stand in the center
As they poke and prod
Reminding you how yoru problem
is not their problem
You curl in a ball
The voices grow louder
You look outward
and see how happy everyone else is
The whips crack
The blame is yours
Truly alone
to carry the burden
Choices to be made
Things to do
But what?
How do you find happiness?
Lungs filled
with sorrow and tears
Everyone smiling down
as yet another life ends
This burden is mine
But how do I find happiness
where everywhere I turn
there is only trauma?
Do I even know
what happiness is
after having it ripped away
so many times before?
There are no answers
Only wisdom
A wisdom in which is true
An ideology in which makes sense
It is better to have nothing
Than to ever have anything at all
Accept it is gone
and will never come back
wingedhamhamOriginal Work - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1724883/
Is it better
to have love and lost
than to never
have loved at all?
Is it better to have seen happiness
only to have it stripped away
and replaced
with sorrow?
Is knowing others
are enjoying the life you once had
as you watch through a window
of a locked door that was once open?
Life is about equivalent exchange
Sacrifice one thing for another
But how fair is it
to unwillingly trade joy for sorrow?
To know happiness is out there
Happiness in which others take for granted
while you are held in the clutches
of misery and depression
You fight for that happiness
But it will never come back
It is lost forever
Waiting to be replaced
As you wait for solace
The hole grows bigger
Loss, solitude, depression, and misery
anxiety, stress, and frustration
Negative feelings
Awful feelings
Ones you wish would go away
but are continuously renewed
Darkness grows
Reminders of the past haunt you at every turn
Happiness long lost teasing
while you can only find generic courtesy of condolence
"At least you had it while you had it"
"It is what it is"
"Remember the good times"
"We believe in you"
So generic
but what else can be said?
Especially when it is only you
who understands you
"How can I help?"
"What can we do?"
"We're here for you."
"You're a good person"
All words
Generic words
Statements to console
but in which do not heal
Healing comes from self
but what if the soul
cannot heal?
Too far damaged to ever trust or believe?
You stand in the center
As they poke and prod
Reminding you how yoru problem
is not their problem
You curl in a ball
The voices grow louder
You look outward
and see how happy everyone else is
The whips crack
The blame is yours
Truly alone
to carry the burden
Choices to be made
Things to do
But what?
How do you find happiness?
Lungs filled
with sorrow and tears
Everyone smiling down
as yet another life ends
This burden is mine
But how do I find happiness
where everywhere I turn
there is only trauma?
Do I even know
what happiness is
after having it ripped away
so many times before?
There are no answers
Only wisdom
A wisdom in which is true
An ideology in which makes sense
It is better to have nothing
Than to ever have anything at all
Accept it is gone
and will never come back
Category Poetry / Miscellaneous
Species Duck
Size 902 x 837px
File Size 209.5 kB
i know this all to well my frets time with it was when i lost my grand mother and the other two times i was watching some friends dog for them wall they were off on a trip and she had a seizure and just went down hill from thire my mom and dad were with her in the end and the last one was my cat i lost her 5 years ago to cancer
The trick with all of this is how we are able to cope with the negative experiences despite them often yielding little to no positive element in exchange.
People may say, "They had a good life", "You were lucky to have him / her", etc. etc. But the question is whether-or-not you yourself feel that way. If that is not how you feel than such statements will usually only make matters worse.
The goal is to find a way to make a positive out of any negative. But this isn't always possible. At least not without the right supports in place to aid you in moving past the unbalanced negative experience. (By unbalanced I am referring to how it appears there was no sense of equal exchange of bad for good)
All we can do is our best. We ourselves are ultimately in control of our feelings and actions. But it can be hard to work these feelings in a good way without finding something to hold onto, like a friend or project, in which is able to keep us focused on the light instead of the dark.
People may say, "They had a good life", "You were lucky to have him / her", etc. etc. But the question is whether-or-not you yourself feel that way. If that is not how you feel than such statements will usually only make matters worse.
The goal is to find a way to make a positive out of any negative. But this isn't always possible. At least not without the right supports in place to aid you in moving past the unbalanced negative experience. (By unbalanced I am referring to how it appears there was no sense of equal exchange of bad for good)
All we can do is our best. We ourselves are ultimately in control of our feelings and actions. But it can be hard to work these feelings in a good way without finding something to hold onto, like a friend or project, in which is able to keep us focused on the light instead of the dark.
Mortality is not an easy thing to accept. There's a line from a song by the band Cake that often resonates with me when I think on the topic. It goes, "...As soon as you're born you start dying. So you might as well have a good time...". This helps me remember it isn't the amount of time on this Earth that matters as much as the quality of the life in which you live. You can't stop death. But you can keep death from stopping you.
When it comes to passed loved ones I try very hard to think of what they taught me to make me who I am. I then sort of feel a sense that they've never left as that part of them lives on through me. And, if I'm lucky, I can pass that part onward so a solid legacy of a truly immortal life can move on.
When it comes to passed loved ones I try very hard to think of what they taught me to make me who I am. I then sort of feel a sense that they've never left as that part of them lives on through me. And, if I'm lucky, I can pass that part onward so a solid legacy of a truly immortal life can move on.
There is light in every shadow. It's merely a matter of finding it.
Writing has always been my best way of coping with my feelings. Lately I have had a lot of feelings in which have been difficult to take on all at once. Though I know I'll be better once I get past these forthcoming appointments next week.
Thanks for your patience and understanding during this time.
Writing has always been my best way of coping with my feelings. Lately I have had a lot of feelings in which have been difficult to take on all at once. Though I know I'll be better once I get past these forthcoming appointments next week.
Thanks for your patience and understanding during this time.
I deeply apologize for making you cry, my friend. That was most definitely not the intent. Though poetry moves us all in different ways.
A lot of my more recent poetry has been a result of being faced with some tough realities in which I need to properly process in order to move on with my life. Realities in which I'm hopeful I will be able to accept far sooner than later since I'd much rather write positive works than what I've largely been sharing as of late.
Though creativity is meant to be what you feel and how you translate that feeling. So I'd rather process it productively than let it linger in my body where it can fester and cause unnecessary damage moving forward.
I wish you well and hope that you are able to always find the light within the dark. Some days are easier than others. But it is most important to know we can't all be super happy all the time. We all have dark moments where we need to process out what it is that plagues us in order to build our support systems and, more importantly, show we are human. :)
A lot of my more recent poetry has been a result of being faced with some tough realities in which I need to properly process in order to move on with my life. Realities in which I'm hopeful I will be able to accept far sooner than later since I'd much rather write positive works than what I've largely been sharing as of late.
Though creativity is meant to be what you feel and how you translate that feeling. So I'd rather process it productively than let it linger in my body where it can fester and cause unnecessary damage moving forward.
I wish you well and hope that you are able to always find the light within the dark. Some days are easier than others. But it is most important to know we can't all be super happy all the time. We all have dark moments where we need to process out what it is that plagues us in order to build our support systems and, more importantly, show we are human. :)
Exactly.
I've been asked about what it is like going blind for many, many years. To this I often answer how I wish I had been born blind so I would not know what I'm missing. As my condition robs me more-and-more of vision less-and-less that I once valued through the gift of sight fades away. Things I never truly realized I took for granted until they are now far beyond my reach with no hope of ever getting it back.
This is why there is a line in a song from Stabbing Westward that works so well. It is, "...If I must be lonely. I think I'd rather be alone...".
If I am to be further secluded as a result of my condition I'd rather it not be where I know others are enjoying themselves under the veil of ignorance of not ever knowing what it is like to slowly watch opportunities and pleasures in life literally fade away.
I've been asked about what it is like going blind for many, many years. To this I often answer how I wish I had been born blind so I would not know what I'm missing. As my condition robs me more-and-more of vision less-and-less that I once valued through the gift of sight fades away. Things I never truly realized I took for granted until they are now far beyond my reach with no hope of ever getting it back.
This is why there is a line in a song from Stabbing Westward that works so well. It is, "...If I must be lonely. I think I'd rather be alone...".
If I am to be further secluded as a result of my condition I'd rather it not be where I know others are enjoying themselves under the veil of ignorance of not ever knowing what it is like to slowly watch opportunities and pleasures in life literally fade away.
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