Response to "My Friend Pain"

My Friend, Pain
Kaitlin Schmidt

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One thing seems certain Trust doesn't last long in each person. It comes and goes depending on fit, It is only used when there's a benefit No time to waste, no true learning Just trust me for now, forget the hurting You know you will go through sooner or later, But the selfish need is always created. If you are like me, trust comes easily No one’s looking out for you just yourself if you're lucky. The pain you get at the very end Is not what you seek but becomes your best friend. A friend you hate but is always there Always shows up when life seems fair Your friend comes along Putting you back on the path you strayed from. And before you know it the path looks familiar, Showing the signs you ignored earlier. Reaching for your hand your friend holds tight As you try to pull away with all of your might. As your aching heart sinks You realize again it is happening. No, I can't go through this again you scream With no one around you listening To the terror in your voice, again you're drawn in Your trust attaches to the new person Who will cause you more pain. So come along friend, here we go again Next time maybe it will be different And you're spirits will be lifted But you truly doubt Anyone can pull you out Of this pattern. The worst you don't want to fathom.

Response To Poem:

The poem “My Friend Pain” is about how everyone goes trough some sort of pain and it is impossible to avoid and always there. 

In the first stanza I think the author expresses his feelings on trust. He says that he is certain trust doesn’t last long and comes and goes depending on when you need it. I think what he’s basically saying is that we are all selfish and are only trustworthy when it benefits ourselves. He says we all do this and everyone goes through this. I actually agree with this statement. While I think being trustworthy is beyond important, I also think we’ve all had those times where we’ve let someone down which is a very selfish thing to do knowing a person placed trust in you.

In the second stanza he goes on about how trust is easy for him because he only trusts himself and how pain is like a friend that’s always there. That “friend” seems to show up
 right when things are going good and puts you in the same pain you started out with. I think he compares pain to a friend because many friends aren’t trustworthy or reliable yet we keep them around and forgive them to often just like how pain is always there but only strikes sometimes.

The third and fourth stanzas discusses how the path of pain is familiar and how it feels to be in pain. I think what he means in this stanza is that we never realize how much pain were in until it’s to late to escape it. You try and try to be happy and pick yourself up but pain just pulls you down and the “friend” you thought you had just keeps drowning you in pain when they should be the ones helping you out. When you’re in this sort of pain and desperation you attach to a new friend and give them your trust only for the whole cycle to go on again.
The last stanza serves as an explanation to why we keep falling into this same pattern. We do this because we think this friend will be different, but you know in the back of your mind that it won’t be. So then again we let pain win and the cycle goes on and on and on...
By this poem I can concur that the author believes that the main source of pain comes from said to be “good” things in life such as friends.