I am a doctor. i know pain

I am a doctor. I know pain.

I have pain in my back;

it shoots through my neck, across my shoulders, down to my hands and fingers.

Pain in my head.

Pain that reaches my ankles.

Pain in my ears.

Pain in my nose.

Pain in my left scapula.

Pain in my groin.

Pain in my calves.

Pain in every inch of my body.

I carry pain in my identity.

Pain in every emotion I feel by my heart.

And a pain that drains my soul.

But the one thing untouched by pain,

is my humanity.

It is wide awake, and still ready to give more.

So if the world wonders how we keep going

this is how.

Not because we’re unbreakable,

but because we refuse to stop feeling; even when it hurts.