Addicted to Pain

Like a drug,
In the veins so long,
That I could no longer function without it.
This pain, this poison,
I'd grown accustom to.
The sting of it numbed my mind,
And slowed down the world that raced by.

Then he came into my life,
And in his arms it fled away,

Leaving me bare and plain.

Without it I could not cope,
I broke down, without a single tear.
Caught in the fury,
Of life tearing at my mind.
I lost perception, I was racing blind.

Then another source came.

My addiction,
Here with me again,
Flooding my brain,
Sweeping across my frame,
From the crippled heart of another,
Stabbing my soul, soaking me in misery,

I realize, as the world comes clear,
And time slows to an easier pace,
I don't know how,
To function without it,
My poison, pain,
The hurt so dear.