{"sf1_id":673273,"sf2_id":"qmykwk71","title":"Are Dreams Worth the Pain?","author":"MurphySlaugh","words":272,"posted_at":"2014-02-27T22:29:00.000Z","tags":["Dreams","Pain","Sorrow","hope"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/673273-are-dreams-worth-the-pain","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/qmykwk71","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/05/33/05335b16-1bc9-4e1c-a7c5-dfa4fc21660a","description":"A question that has been running through my head lately. Trying to get things sorted out.","content":"ARE DREAMS WORTH THE PAIN?  \nBy Carl Blessing/Murphy Slaugh  \n  \nIs the rose worth the thorns?  \nIs the blue sky worth the storms?  \nIs the truth worth the lies?  \nAre the answers worth the whys?  \n  \nAre memories worth the sorrow?  \nIs today worth tomorrow?  \nIs sorrow worth the bliss?  \nCan someone answer me this...?  \n  \nChorus:  \nAre the dreams worth the pain?  \nDo I dare dream again?  \nOr will it be another nightmare?  \nHow can anyone call this fair?  \n  \nI don't want to give up hope.  \nThough, sometimes, I feel at the end of my rope.  \nAre clear skies worth the rain?  \nAre the dreams worth the pain?  \n  \nI have had dreams that have come true.  \nThought they've been far between and few.  \nBut the last times I did try,  \nAt the end I had to stop and cry.  \n  \nI know that this is not the end.  \nI know that maybe wounds will mend.  \nBut I just don't know for sure.  \nIf dreaming again may be the cure...  \n  \nChorus:  \nAre the dreams worth the pain?  \nDo I dare dream again?  \nOr will it be another nightmare?  \nHow can anyone call this fair?  \n  \nI don't want to give up hope.  \nThough, sometimes, I feel at the end of my rope.  \nAre clear skies worth the rain?  \nAre the dreams worth the pain?\n\n\u0026nbsp;Chorus:  \nAre the dreams worth the pain?  \nDo I dare dream again?  \nOr will it be another nightmare?  \nHow can anyone call this fair?  \n  \nI don't want to give up hope.  \nThough, sometimes, I feel at the end of my rope.  \nAre clear skies worth the rain?  \nAre the dreams worth the pain?  \n  \n\n"}