QUOTE : Pain is a partner I did not request;<br />This is a dance I did not ask to join;<br />whirled in a waltz when I would stop and rest,<br />Jolted and jerked, I ache in bone and loin.<br />Pain strives to hold me close in his embrace;<br />If I resist and try to pull away<br />His grasp grows tighter; closer comes his face;<br />hotter his breath. If he is here to stay<br />Then must I learn to dance this painful dance,<br />Move to its rhythm, keep my lagging feet<br />In time with his. Thus have I a chance<br />To work with pain, and so may pain defeat.<br />Pain is my partner. If I dance with pain<br />Then may this wedlock be not loss but gain.