My friend pain

I wrote this tonight for people I know who are going through pain.

My friend pain 

Just when I think I’ve left it for good
The next thing I know it’s back in my mind
As it makes its way back into my life
I let other people convince me it’s real

It’s my long time companion I refer to as pain
It seems like I’ve known it all of my life
As it takes away all the joy from my life
I seem to find others who know how I feel 

My whole body slumps and embraces the pain
I say I want freedom but live like I don’t
Present and future resemble the past
I open up wounds that never quite heal

Pain’s dirty trick is it always is looking
For more pain to feed on and tighten its grip
I become the helpless prey to the python
I dance to samsara, riding its wheel

Advice or solutions tightens pain’s grip
No company needed inside of my misery
I need to discover my light on my own
I’m tired of the hurt that I have to conceal

There’s something inside me that I can’t quite shake
It’s this feeling that I once lived life without pain
I feel it and feel how the pain starts to panic
Pain knows that I will renege on our deal

The time will arrive when I bid sweet adieu
Without any sorrow pain finally leaves
I always have choice in each moment in life
Love shows me how pain has little appeal

Comments

[Naomi]

wow. this is beautiful and so true... thank you Tim. thank you for writing this, and for understanding.

[Tim Taylor]

You're welcome my friend.