Pain

it doesn't feel like a cut
it's an ache that hurts down to the core of my being
Pain
is relentless
in it's torture.
it's gentle smile saying
feed me
with childlike innocence.
i had compassion,
and got hurt.
so to rid myself of pain
i cast out all remains of love.
but I was tricked.
absence of love does not rid fear.
now i wallow in grief.
in
Pain.