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           The Suffering

Why do I hurt so long and deep,
while others fair much better?
And only express myself,
in poems or in a letter.?

My feelings carried close to me,
I can not put them away.
They become a part of me,
each and everyday.

The pain intense, scarring vivid,
the tatoos of my life.
As I hide even from myself,
trying to abandon all my strife.

I try to sleep, sometimes I do,
I awake, it's all the same.
Tired, worn out , and hungry.
for someone I need to love.

Other friends I have about,
I share their pain and happiness.
But I always have to look through mine,
so this means I care less.

My pain, a vision,
I view it everyday.
It's like a wound that festers,
getting worse, never going away.

Some day I know within my heart,
I'll succumb to these thoughts.
For I am weak of strength and will,
or is it stronger with what I've brought?

I now look forward to the day,
when God rests my weary breath.
That I may someday smile again,
in that peaceful song of death.
The Masked Writer <+.+>
(C) 2001 T Lovett
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