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Pain

A poem about pain

By Denise LarkinPublished 4 years ago • 1 min read
Pain
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To yield I shall not

To cry I shall not

Stinging clasps my heart

as trickling cells ripple

through a crackling strain

of torment.

Philosophical it may be

A crippling intense

A spindling crime

A sharpening strike

A blow so rife

My tears flowing

with strife.

The most delicate

of power

Stabbing, twisting stress,

cuts a blooded flesh

A serious blow

A ripping torture

Screams rack my breath.

Time is of the essence

Tediousness and suffering

Throbbing rattling

Tortured affliction

Emotional discomfort

A disastrous addiction.

As I lay down my head

screaming for death

My wonderous existence

may, not be no less.

Fickle and torn

Hiding and worn

I seize my life

pushing

through the bushes

I strike with a knife.

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©️ Denise Larkin 2022. All Rights Reserved.

Also published on Medium.com

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About the Creator

Denise Larkin

A writer of a BA with honours (2.1) in Arts & Humanities recently gained a Creative Writing Master's Degree. She writes poetry, fictional short stories, and is the author of the Time to Run series, Darkness and The Non-Human.<aT.

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