THIS PAIN

This pain I have is the pain I hold,
This pain of mine makes bones grow old.
This pain of mine is a knife in the dark,
This pain of mine leaves permanent mark.
This pain of mine pulls me away,
When all I want is for you to stay.
This pain is not fear, madness, or life,
This pain of mine, this arrow, this knife.
This pain is not spear, death, or plague,
This pain is love, simple, yet vague.

-William Budington