Identity

ya know, this is a question I have pondered at great length…
funny I get to answer it now the pain's gone (for the most part).

if you, or anyone, had been able to take away the pain that I always used to experience,
I wouldn't be any different me than I am now.
The pain didn't make me any better, or stronger, or braver, or anything like that.
The pain just hurt.
without the pain, I might not have been so angry all the time
maybe I would have actually made friends as a young person instead of always pushing people away from me.

and if I were still hurting, and you offered to take my pain away, I probably wouldn't let you.
it's one of those things I had to do myself (much like a stubborn toddler).  But I might ask if you could heal that woman's hands in the photo.  That looks painful. 

I would become me
but me would not be different from many nor you
only fear is my separation from you