Ache

I'm not so scared of pain
I'm more frightened by an ache
It slips inside my veins
And it forces me awake

It grows inside my chest
feel it rising to my throat
I wish that I could rest
But I barely stay afloat

See piercing pain is sudden
but it passes with the past
A numbing throb's a glutton
And who knows how long it lasts

My emptiness is starving
For the things it cannot fill
And its presence is alarming
For it's something I can't kill

Consuming all my hunger,
my desire to survive,
It lurked when I was younger
Now I'm not sure I'm alive

- Obscure
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