No Pain
A sore throat,
A hamstring strain,
A broken nose,
I feel no pain,
An ear infection,
An ankle sprain,
A jammed finger,
I feel no pain,
A stiff back,
A sunburnt face,
A violent cough,
I feel no pain,
My body aches,
Morning, noon and night,
A doctor tells me I’m sick,
I feel no pain,
I catch you with another man,
Screaming his name,
A dagger inserted in my chest,
I feel numb,
A knot forms in my stomach,
I feel betrayed,
The pounding of my heart,
As it shatters and breaks,
The love I hold for you,
Carries with it more weight,
Than every ache and illness,
I now feel pain,
I feel it in my stomach,
I feel it in my chest,
I feel it in my throat,
With every last breath,
The pain runs sharp,
The pain runs deep,
As you made the cut,
And let me bleed.
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Poems I've Written Recently
Poetry
#24-hour
#abbreviated
#abuse
#acting
#actor
#addiction
#admission
#adolescent
#afterlife
#agnostic
#aid
#alcohol
#alcoholic
#alcoholism
#alone
#ambivalence
#america
#anger
#anguish
#answers
#anxious
#appreciations
#arrogance
#arrogant
#artificial
#atheist
#attention
#attraction
#awake
#awakened
#away
#bad
#balance
#bars
#bastardized
#beat
#beauties
#beauty
#best
#bias
#bible
#black-and-white
#blame
#blind
#blinded
#blinders
#blood
#blurred
#boy
#brainwashed
#break-up
#breaking
#cable
#cameras
#capitalism
#card
#cash
#caucasions
#chance
#character
#chemistry
#child
#childhood
#childish
#choice
#chosen
#christian
#christianity
#christians
#cockiness
#cold
#comedies
#commercialize
#commercials
#compass
#compliments
#component
#computer
#condensed
#condescending
#confidence
#confined
#confinement
#confused
#confusion
#connect
#connection
#connections
#contemporary
#contradictory
#control
#corporations
#corruption
#counselor
#critic
#curse
#cursed
#cycle
#cyclical
#daily
#damage
#dating
#davis
#death
#deception
#decision
#delusion
#democrat
#denial
#dependence
#dependent
#deserved
#desire
#destiny
#devil
#devotion
#different
#direction
#dirty
#disappear
#dishonesty
#disowned
#donations
#dot
#double
#doubt
#doubts
#dreaming
#dreams
#drunkeness
#effort
#elections
#emotion
#emotional
#energy
#entity
#entrapped
#envy
#epidemic
#epilepsy
#equality
#escape
#ethnocentrism
#exaggeration
#exhaustion
#exterior
#fairy
#faith
#fake
#fall
#fallen
#falling
#family
#fantasy
#fate
#fault
#fear
#fears
#fiction
#fight
#fighter
#fighting
#fights
#first
#flag
#flake
#flakes
#flaky
#follow
#fool
#fooled
#fortunate
#freedom
#friend
#friends
#gaffes
#gamble
#gambling
#game
#games
#gay
#generation
#generosity
#gifts
#giver
#giving
#god
#government
#greed
#guidelines
#guilt
#guy
#happiness
#hate
#hatred
#head
#health
#heart
#heartache
#heartbreak
#help
#helpless
#helplessness
#herd
#hidden
#higher
#history
#hoax
#holier
#hollywood
#homosexual
#homosexuality
#hope
#hopes
#hot
#hypnosis
#hypocrisy
#hypocrite
#hypocritical
#hypothetical
#identity
#ideology
#ignorance
#ignorant
#ignored
#illegal
#illiterate
#illness
#illusion
#imaginary
#imagination
#immature
#immigration
#immigrations
#impression
#inconsistent
#indecision
#indifference
#individuality
#inevitable
#ingenuity
#inhumane
#injection
#innocence
#insecurity
#interest
#isolated
#issues
#jesus
#joy
#joys
#judgment
#judgmental
#laughs
#lethal
#letting
#liberal
#lies
#life
#light
#line
#lines
#little
#loneliness
#lonely
#longing
#look
#lost
#love
#loved
#lover
#majority
#map
#march
#mask
#materialism
#materials
#maze
#memories
#mental
#middle
#minority
#mirror
#missed
#mixed
#money
#moral
#motivate
#motivation
#motive
#move
#mystery
#myth
#naive
#narcissism
#natural
#nerves
#nervous
#news
#nice
#nightmare
#nonsense
#nothing
#novels
#numbness
#objects
#oblivious
#observation
#obsession
#obvious
#odds
#one-night
#ones
#opening
#opinion
#opportunity
#optimism
#pain
#painful
#painless
#paper
#parable
#paranoia
#parents
#partisan
#party
#past
#penalty
#people
#perfect
#perplexed
#person
#perspective
#philosophy
#phony
#physical
#pleasures
#plowed
#poem
#poems
#poetry
#politics
#possessions
#power
#prayer
#precipitation
#predestination
#problems
#projection
#promises
#protection
#proud
#proximity
#pseudo-intellectual
#pursuance
#puzzled
#question
#questions
#rage
#rain
#ratings
#reading
#real
#reality
#reasonable
#reasons
#reciprocate
#recovery
#reflection
#regret
#reject
#rejected
#rejection
#relationship
#relationships
#religion
#republican
#republicans
#robotic
#romance
#romantic
#rules
#rumors
#running
#sacrifice
#sadness
#safe
#saved
#scam
#scandals
#screen
#search
#secluded
#seizures
#self-destruction
#self-importance
#self-reflection
#selfishness
#selfless
#sensation
#set
#shadow
#shallow
#sheep
#shelter
#show
#shrink
#shunned
#signals
#signs
#silence
#silent
#simplistic
#sin
#sleep
#smiles
#snow
#solitary
#solitude
#spaced
#speck
#stage
#stand
#standards
#starved
#storms
#stress
#struggles
#stuck
#stuff
#superiority
#surface
#surrender
#survival
#sympathy
#tale
#tears
#technology
#television
#texting
#than
#things
#thought
#time
#tiny
#trapped
#treatment
#trend
#troubles
#troy
#trust
#truth
#two-faced
#unanswered
#uncertainty
#uncontrollable
#undeserved
#united
#unjust
#unknown
#unphased
#unreliable
#vanish
#vegetative
#victim
#void
#voluntary
#voting
#vulnerability
#vulnerable
#wait
#waiting
#walking
#wall
#wannabe
#wax-like
#wealth
#white
#whites
#women
#words
#worry
