Pain

Pain; it is my friend It shows me that I do live It is my support when I do mend My aches are the tribute, I must give, I scream out when it does arrive Sometimes tears come to my eyes But it proves that I am still alive Even when I breath in short sighs, I will not ignore my pain with a pill As though to make it disappear As it and I, both are real Even though it brings agony and a tear, But someday my pain it will be gone And on that day, I too will not exist Then broken forever will be our bond As then from me pain will forever desist, It arrived the day that I was born And it will be with me till the day I die Till then I will give it my hateful scorn Then on my last day, I will say goodbye. RANDY L. MCCLAVE