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There is a pain,

Lurking inside,

Awakening now and then,

To lines of a favorite song,

Sentences of a treasured book,

Glimpses of a beautiful weather,

Bouts of trying situations, 

Moments of blank staring phases,

A pain that has lasted long enough,

That it’s a part of me,

A pain that I have begun to welcome,

That makes me smile with acknowledgement,

A pain that defies its definition,

That’s sometimes my only comprehending companion,

A pain that is you,

And a you that I have not yet defined completely.