If Only

I lie here and I wonder

Which event

I should write about

Each and every moment

Seems to bring

More pain

Red on white

Rose petals against a wedding dress?

If only

It was that

Instead of another drop of blood

Falling from one more

Innocent

Victim

Onto a shower floor

Flowing water

A mountain stream?

If only

It was that

Instead of tears on the face of a child

Hiding away in a

Dark

Cold

Room

Rather than risk one more person

Belittle their pain

A fire in someone's eyes

Passion? Love?

If only

It was that

Instead of fearful anger

Masking the

Deep

Pain

Felt by one more victim

Robbed of their carefree innocence

You say to make

My pain beautiful

But pain is still pain

No matter how sweet

The coating

For pain is no art

But overcoming it

Is

#poetry #challenge #pain #beauty