(for Mila)
My father taught me
this one thing:
that pain knows no
size no breadth.
It understands
no bigger no
smaller no
more no less.
All pain
blinds.
All pain
is intimate.
Have you
felt it?
It is the same
for both women
and men. The rich
feel it as much
as the poor.
Pain: who do you blame
when you feel it?
It has made everyone
the saddest person in the world.
