By Sue Taliaferro
In response to “Damaged” by Anonymous
love comes with pain
marriage comes with pain
art comes with pain
life comes with pain
If I’m going to have pain
I want it to be of my choosing
If I’m going to struggle
I want to struggle with things I love
with yearning for more
with trying more and pushing myself
I don’t want to struggle with someone who is supposed to love me
but doesn’t
I want to know when
and why
and how
something is going to cause me pain
I don’t want to guess
because of someone else’s expectations of me
expectations I can never meet
and don’t want to
you are one of the few people in my life
who has always been
completely honest with me
who has always been there for me
who has loved me
unconditionally
I know you come with pain
but it’s a pain I welcome