THE PAIN OF KINDNESS

So used to the uncaring comments
Then you enter into my life
Whispering sweet loving words into my ear
Hearing for the first time the reality of love

The pain of your kindness
It hurts almost worse than anything from the past
How sad to have accepted so much less
Never realizing how much love was to be had

Letting go of a pain
So deep and familiar
Now the gentle touch of your love
Fills my very soul
Healing from the assaults that went before

Does one ever forget the pain
Or does one only learn to accept what was
To never accept it again
Looking only to surround now with love

Tender gentle touch so beautiful to feel
Sometimes it only makes one sad
Waiting so long to know what should have been
What is now real, a new reality without an ache

Kindness in your eyes and words
So gentle the arms that surround me now
Having lived through the worst
Now finding the best
It was so worth the wait....for you