The life I’ve had has been painful
Hard lessons I have learned
How to dodge a slap
How not to be burned
The world is a hard place
A school of knocks and tears
A place where you cannot rest your laurels
Because of all the fears
A place where life is challenged
Where love is mocked and caned
A place where compassion is weakness
And happiness is strained
I can’t tell you what I’ve seen and know
Because it’s hard to tell
For how can someone who lives in Heaven, understand someone from Hell?
Written 5:05pm 22nd February 2023
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