licking wounds together

nothing to be ashamed of
licking wounds together
for communication never felt so good
when comparing notes on the
scumbags that litter the earth &
laughing at one another’s former sorrows
mutually strengthens,
it brings out the best in two or more people who
probably would have locked up their hearts &
thrown away the keys
only moments ago---
how lucky we are to be amidst others who
go through pain &
who are at the edge of their ropes,
for it reminds us that this whole accidental bad joke
that we call a life
is something that favors no one
when it comes to the ways in which it can fuck up you
inside &
there may be nothing sweeter than to
be understood
by someone who just met you,
a new you, whose life to them is but a clean slate &
not the burning ash pile
which you thought it was.