I feel your pain
Publication date: 2024-04-28
Title: I feel your pain
Type: Poetry
Publication: Coalition for Digital Narratives
URL: https://coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/2024/04/28/cw7-aldas-kruminis-3-poems/
https://coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/works-7/
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I feel your pain
I feel your pain against my cheek
and taste your tears falling on my lips.
The bitterness burns my tongue and your aching
heart that now sits in your throat.
My touch is cool upon your aching forehead
but my hands aren’t magical – they can’t
take away the burden in your heart.
I listen to your words and speak my mind,
spell you the truth, cold and profound,
but words lost all meaning
when that worm settled in your mind.
Now I kiss and shush what troubles
both your mind and heart,
keeping you awake,
giving back your dreams
in the world that brought you pain.