Being wrong to others is just another kind of pain.

One that you bring on yourself instead of it being done to you.

Preventable in every way.

An action everyone knows will not bring favorable consequences but still do anyway.

The only kind of instinct that brings harm every time.

Simply because emotions are triggered too high.

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At first it does not hurt.

We simply have yet to feel the consequences.

Like a child touching a hot stove.

The pain is not immediate though just as red hot.

Saying things without regard for others.

Zero insulation for the heat.

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Then the pain arrives.

The tears are seen but they are not yours.

At least not immediately.

Reflected back on you because of the intensity.

The more you acknowledge it, the more the pain bites in.

Along with the knowledge that it was all because of you.

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When ready, an apology may come.

One would think this is the most painful part but it truly came before.

No, apology comes as a salve.

Burns when applied but then the endorphins rush in.

Knowing that you did the right thing and all the better for it.

Just healing a bad burn to the soul.