I Now Know Why!

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    my friend LiteracyByFire said that. I was introducing him to this site he said he wrote some real depressing and sad shit that morning and we got on the topic. and he said that last line I love it .

    I Now Know Why!

    Why such constant pain
    Why such endless sorrow
    Why such senseless abuse
    Why a worse tomorrow?

    Why such sad songs?
    Why is there no place I truely fit?
    Why such sorrowful music?
    Why is the bottom of a totem-pole where I sit?

    Well I now know why!

    True, pain makes you stronger
    True, struggles are what define us
    True, if it were always easy we'd call it a dream
    True, no where is void of fight and fuss

    But the real reason is. . .

    Because without pain, tears, and sad songs
    We would just be Japanese haikuists, not poets!

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    fluffybunniezz commented on I Now Know Why!

    10-19-2012

    I really enjoyed this poem. You're very talented.at this. I like the questions the reader is faced with in the first two stanzas, that was very well thought out. And the overall tone- not necessarily upbeat but rather more of an understanding and appreciation of how the world works- was delivered in a very nice way.
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    To have great poets there must be great audiences too.

    Walt Whitman, American Poet (1819-1892)

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