ANYTHING BUT PAIN
please be anything but pain
The voices chuckle when i say i'm hurting.
"you,'re not"
I insist i am, what else can this be?
"not pain"
"not pain"
this weariness claws at my insides as they go-
"anything but pain"
melancholy creeps in, takes over.
"you're still steady"
"you're still steady"
this time i nod.