There Is a Pain

There is a pain that drives insane A pain so dark so deep It robs my breath, it brings on death And still in Shoal, I weep There is a pain, my curse, my bane That changes sanity A pain that twists as it persists To mock humanity The pain I speak, is mine to keep And yet I must relieve This heart of mine, this tortured time I can no more believe Those untrue words, like rotten curds Bring pain to heart and soul It’s all a lie, and here am I To say, I am not whole When love has died, and you have cried And there is none to bless When silence jeers, and your heart fears That you are thought of less When absence sighs, compassion dies And you are left to mourn How could it be, this travesty When love has turned to scorn For pain I have, there is no salve There is no pain relief I’ll go to grave, no one can save From pain in time so brief Eileen Manassian