The Worse Pain In Life

To say I’ve endured pain is an understatement at best A past abusive relationship; too painful to put to rest Blows, torture and torment surrounding everyday life Never fully recovering, still piercing me with his knife Cuts, bruises and gashes; open wounds painfully show Of the agony and suffering of an abuser I now no longer know The past pain and misery was putrid, and nothing could compare To the horrendous life he gave to me of solitude and despair Then as time went by and I grew up and children I did bare The pain I suffered previously, seemed to vanish in mid air Looking at my child crying, as the tears roll down upon her face It was then I finally realized, my pain had suddenly been replaced Nothing can compare to your child’s flowing tears of pain The pain I felt was just a fraction of my child’s dire bane The worse pain I’ve felt in life was watching my child in need Nothing could ever compare to your child’s crying hurtful pleads © Stacy Lynn Stiles