Because It Hurts Poem by James McLain

some times
we are just moved off
into that direction
and not wishing to appear
unresponsive
because it hurts
even when nothing is said
and every one is together
as we are
brushing even against it
just in the slightest
wind and feathers
like the weather
and all to often
simply
because it hurts
i know it's there and keeping
my head down
allows the thought
i know
them freely
too roam even more
because it hurts even more
when you don't.