5 Easier When It Hurts Poem by Bill Smith

Pleasure in a blunt knife

Too squeamish for the flow

Sleep away the lonely

Where transient dreamers go



Harder when the sun shines

Easier in the rain

Colder in a warm breeze

Masochistic in the pain



Easier when it hurts

Stonemasons smile

Blurring round the edges

Use a rougher file



Softer on the inside

Veneer sliced super thin

Chameleon pretender

Shedding snake like skin



That’s the way it feels

Laugh when the bubble bursts

Self inflicted scarring

It’s easier when it hurts