# 34 "Fifty Ways to Suffer."

Fifty Ways to Suffer.

I know Fifty ways to suffer and it never gets easier to bounce back.
I see the light before my eyes and then it all turns black.
There is the loss of things that we once had, now taken by some others.
It is worse with friends and hurts much more when taken by our brothers.
Lies are told that lead us to demise.
To broken hearts that’s really no surprise.
Physical pain can be now and then or it stays forever.
It comes in bad or worse but yields to no endeavor.
There is assault and rape to name a few.
And even worse there’s incest too.
Death has many facets of endurance.
It comes with or without insurance.
Like acquaintance, family, or friends.
It has no reasons why or any trends.
Younger always hurts us more it just works that way.
Death of sons and daughters is the highest price to pay.
We are all different but some will share your grief.
Its a thievery of happiness beyond your wildest belief.
I have seen and felt the useless death of war.
Its suffering and the pain so many will endure.
I have seen the slow and painful death of children very young.
I’ve heard that mother’s grief as a fire takes still another one.
My mother suffered for 20 years and a painful death she died.
I watched so many say farewell as all my family cried.
My sister died as caretaker she never left his side
My father was 20 years without knowing who or why.
Alzheimer’s hurts everyone so when should I cry.
Mental pain is an unseen misery till you look into their eyes.
Many times not admitted to and camouflaged with lies.
Spousal abuse and alcohol addiction are a pain that reappears.
A daughter’s pain is easy to see but that’s not what she hears.
A father’s heart can only cry a million of her tears.
Hope emerges now and then succumbing to my fears.
I’m grasping into darkness until this peril clears.
I’m doing so and maybe will for to many years.
Jim Raab