You call me on a Saturday night and you are crying
You ask me to stay with you because you are alone.
I am a thousand miles away and I want so bad to hold you
To ease the hurt and soothe the pain that comes
From being alive and wanting to be whole.

Somewhere in the middle of this excruciating miracle
Literally between sobs and sighs,
We wonder about the strange marriage
Of pain and healing. Suffer, die, rise--
So it goes, and you learn to keep your eyes
On the rise. It's a tough lesson,
And little consolation.

Yet there is something irreplaceable here--
Something in the act
Of pressing my fingers, so gently,
To your wounds, then making them my own.
This pain, it becomes precious to me
Because it is yours. And now I now
That compassion is as strange a thing
As healing.

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Compassion Contributed by banjo on Saturday, 26th April 2003 @ 05:05:00 AM in AEST Topic: FriendshipPoetry You call me on a Saturday night and you are crying You ask me to stay with you because you are alone. I am a thousand miles away and I want so bad to hold you To ease the hurt and soothe the pain that comes From being alive and wanting to be whole. Somewhere in the middle of this excruciating miracle Literally between sobs and sighs, We wonder about the strange marriage Of pain and healing. Suffer, die, rise-- So it goes, and you learn to keep your eyes On the rise. It's a tough lesson, And little consolation. Yet there is something irreplaceable here-- Something in the act Of pressing my fingers, so gently, To your wounds, then making them my own. This pain, it becomes precious to me Because it is yours. And now I now That compassion is as strange a thing As healing. Copyright © banjo ... [ 2003-04-26 05:05:00] (Date/Time posted on site) Advertisments: Previous Posted Poem         | |         Next Posted Poem

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Re: Compassion (User Rating: 1 ) by shelby on Saturday, 26th April 2003 @ 10:28:24 PM AEST (User Info | Send a Message) beautiful michelle

Re: Compassion (User Rating: 1 ) by DreamWeaver on Monday, 12th May 2003 @ 04:06:10 PM AEST (User Info | Send a Message) I relate to this and know what you mean. An interesting write ... Jan