Painful Happiness

A poem for disability pride month.

Pain is comfortable when it is all you know,
Born in pain, left with pain.
Knowing nothing other.
Life without pain is an illusion.

No one truly knows euphoria without consequence.
Live your life the best you can,
You only have one.
Never waste time wallowing in sorrow.

Pick yourself up and let happiness in.
Happiness is a choice,
Influenced by shadowing forces;

They cause pain as a distraction.
You can be in pain and still feel joy.
Just relax and stop fighting happiness.