Joy and Pain

Curiously uncovering pleasure
despite enduring pain
as one cannot exist
if the other does not remain

When sensations of sorrow
vacate our will to be
we rescind joyfulness
while lacking revelry

Love builds character
heartbreak often proving
without the depths of both
we would be static and unmoving

Devoid the tears we shed
our laughter would be weak
where suffering offers courage
for the secure and the meek

Delight and grief live parallel
precisely to illustrate
a unique dependency
beyond causative debate