BEAUTIFUL PAIN

​​​My pain was contained
Buried deep down inside
As I detached, disconnected
I thought my pain had died
But it stewed and it simmered
It bubbled up and emerged
Unexpressed pain and feelings
Refused to be purged
The past opened up
As I ran to take cover
But pain won't be ignored
As I was soon to discover
Pain got my attention
Pain won't be denied
It's come to reveal
The true me, left inside
Pain woke up the old feelings
The memories, I tried to hide
What I thought I had forgotten
The body remembers inside
Pain refused to let me suffer
Or stay the lost, wounded child
Pain became my advocate
When my emotions ran wild
Pain became the messenger
Trying to tell me; You're alive!
Surviving is great
But now it's time to live and to thrive