True Agony
I have drunk from the cup of Sorrow,
Yet my thirst has not been slaked.
So I drink from the cup of Pain,
And I have slaked my thirst at last.
For I now bear the fruits of agony,
Because I have drunk from both cups.
I know Pain,
My closest friend.
I know Sorrow,
My dearest comfort.
I can not turn my back to the pain,
Nor to the sorrow.
They are my allies,
And yet, they are also my enemies.
I can not run from either,
But nor can I stay with them.
My heart is broken,
I know true agony.
For my friend, my mentor,
You are now the deceiver, the traitor.
I will walk this earth,
Bearing both pain and sorrow in my heart.
Nothing will ease my burdens,
For now I am the bearer of Agony's greatest triumph.
Copyright © Madeline Eustice | Year Posted 2013
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