The Trouble with Garbage

“people want you to be happy, don't keep serving them your pain”
― Rumi

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Lord it is so easy to get tired

so easy to wear out

as we trudge along

making our way through day after day

every day we must stumble through

piles of pain

and anguish

frustration and despair

the world is full of people

serving each other their pain

treating one another as

emotional garbage dumps

dumping

all that is dark and angry within

on some place

some one

It is not Lord that it is not OK to share

hurt

and pain

but there is sharing

and then there is dumping

sharing we say to one another

“I am in pain”

Sharing we say to one another

“I see your pain, I am here for you”

Dumbing garbage is something else

Something angry

And hurtful

And yes, messy

Lord this day may I share

may I listen with compassion

and may I put my garbage

gently and carefully away

that is what trash cans are for….