Pain

What is Pain? How does one feel Pain? Is Pain what MLK felt as the police baton struck the left side of his head in Montgomery, Alabama, while he lead a march for Civil Rights? Is Pain what Emmett Till felt in Mississippi as he was tortured and lynched for whistling at a white Carolyn Bryant in 1955. Is Pain what Emmett's Mother felt as she buried her son in Chicago? Is Pain what a 14 year-old boy felt when he didn't make the Pony Leagure baseball team? Is Pain what a 17 year-old high school girl felt when she was not asked to prom? Is Pain what you feel when you stand next to your dying father in a hospital and watch him weakly exhale for the last time? Is Pain what you feel from a bee sting? Is Pain what you feel when your dog died? Is Pain the perpetual feeling you have after your parents divorice?