When Life Becomes a Sea of Pain

April 10, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is health.

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A poem about both the isolation and need for companionship of someone in pain:

When life becomes a sea of pain

And every moment agony

I must endure again, again,

It is a curse to have to be.

And every moment agony,

And every longing fixed on death;

It is a curse to have to be

And fight by instinct for each breath.

And every longing fixed on death

Even as I must go on

And fight by instinct for each breath,

Sailing thus, though loved, alone.

Even as I must go on,

You watch me helpless from the shore;

Sailing thus, though loved, alone,

I need you with me all the more.

You watch me helpless from the shore

As I endure again, again;

I need you with me all the more

When life becomes a sea of pain.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Health

4/8: Give Your Pain a Bit of Gratitude

4/9: Thirty-Eight Is Running for Her Life

4/10: When Life Becomes a Sea of Pain