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Society The inability to react
to hurt when it is experienced
may seem like a worthy desire,
but to be paralyzed to pain
only makes a person
more prone to injury as
reflexes become unresponsive.
It is the body’s warning system,
for when pain is sensed
it allows one to name the source
and avoid it in the future.
Only insensitivity will emerge
when ache does not teach us
to stay away from danger.
Though pain itself causes damage
to one’s body and heart,
it protects us from future harm by
showing us what needs healing.
I don’t know about you but
I’d rather feel pain
than nothing at all.
