What
is the worst thing,
he
asked, the worst thing
that
could happen,
he
asked, quietly. Pain,
he
replied, the pain
of
difficulty and unease,
the
pain of hurt, loss,
abandonment,
the pain
of
deprivation, suffering,
the
pain of torment and
confusion,
pain, pain
to
be avoided at all costs,
if
not avoided then mitigated,
lessened,
reduced
to
nothingness. That is
the
worst thing, he replied.
Do
you not wish to live,
he
asked.
Photograph by George Hodan via Public
Domain Pictures. Used with permission.
sometimes
ReplyDeletetoo much
nerve
endings
screaming
what we already know