Challenge
"Turn your pain into art"-Ariel Bloomer
Write about some of your pain and suffering. Make it beautiful.
If Only
I lie here and I wonder
Which event
I should write about
Each and every moment
Seems to bring
More pain
Red on white
Rose petals against a wedding dress?
If only
It was that
Instead of another drop of blood
Falling from one more
Innocent
Victim
Onto a shower floor
Flowing water
A mountain stream?
If only
It was that
Instead of tears on the face of a child
Hiding away in a
Dark
Cold
Room
Rather than risk one more person
Belittle their pain
A fire in someone's eyes
Passion? Love?
If only
It was that
Instead of fearful anger
Masking the
Deep
Pain
Felt by one more victim
Robbed of their carefree innocence
You say to make
My pain beautiful
But pain is still pain
No matter how sweet
The coating
For pain is no art
But overcoming it
Is