Reason To Hurt

Reason To Hurt Lost, alone, always in pain, No energy to exert. It doesn't matter how i try, So i find a reason to hurt. My joints all ache, my muscles throb. I crack and creek and pop. I want to give up but i won't stop. Instead, calmly to myself i assert, "I'm alright, let's carry on." "I need a reason to hurt." "I'm in pain all the time, everyday." "I do what i can but it won't go away." "At least if i'm working, my mind will divert." "And at the end of it all," "I'll have a reason to hurt." I need a pain i can define, So they can't say "It's all in your mind." Their diagnosis is inert But it gives me a reason to hurt. And if you ever find That you're out of mind (though you suffer real) Don't bury your head in the dirt. Go out and find a reason to hurt.