Pain

Pain can rip through my belly
and make me sick
open my heart
this is not a trick
split my head so its drafty and hollow
sting my teeth there is nothing to borrow
no solution to stopping what we all know is there
hunger
loss
its just too much to bear.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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