~ On Pain Of Death ~

When blood trickles from your nose
And pain bleeds secrets
Into your ears
To whom do you listen, the doctors
Or the fear
When you can't piss into a cup
When they tell you to
What do you do..... play along
Or insert some fake urine
So that you don't have to listen to
The internal grief
For
How long is long enough
Before someone understands your pain
How long can you imagine
Freedom
Will come again
One week in these Penny Loafers
And I swear that you too will see
It's not that I am crying
It's that I'm afraid
My family
Will see...

Tony Taylor