PAIN

PAIN!!
THAT WORDS CANNOT EXPLAIN,
BUT ITS FELT DEEP WITHIN,
IT WILL KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET,
MAKE YOU GRIT YOUR TEETH,
AND SWALLOW UP YOUR SLEEP.

PAIN!!
IT WILL BREAK DOWN YOUR DEFENSES,
AND COMPEL YOU TO FOCUS ON HIM,
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS, WHEN PAIN COMES,
YOUR WORDS BECOME HOLLOW 
LIKE AN EMPTY DRUM,
MAKING NOISES OF UNKNOWN SOUNDS.

PAIN!!
THE HAMMER THAT CRUSHES THE HEART,
THE JAGGED EDGE, THAT RIPS IT APART,
IT CLEAVES TO YOU,
LIKE THE FLESH ON YOUR BONES,
LIKE YOUR SHADOW.. 
IT FOLLOWS YOU EVERYWHERE,
NEVER LEAVING YOU ALONE.

SUCH PAIN I HAVE KNOWN,
WHEN DECEPTION DESTROYED MY HOME,
NOW I AM LEFT ALL ALONE,
LIVING IN PAIN, 
THAT HAS MARRIED MY NAME.

WILFORD BARKER.