The thing that pains you

Most of the time, you are your own flame of fire.

To pretend to be invasive or strong--both won't make you immune to pain. My brother once told me that everyone goes through some kind of pain, and sometimes you won't see it in their eyes, because they have swallowed every bit of it just to go through life's cruel reality and pretend everything is normal. I think of hunger, and I feel pain. I think of a failing grade, and I feel pain. I think of someone sick and dying and I feel pain. Truth is, pain is everywhere. It is a force of nature. But this thing, this thing that ruthlessly brings us down to our knees, is what makes us strong and burning. So have some fire. Be your own kind of flame. Swallow it until no amount of teardrops could ever break you again. After all, a fire that doesn't burn, never goes out.