Pain

 

 

Open the door to where you store the pain,

where you sit on your swing in the driving rain.

 

Let me in to the coldness of your dark,

that yawning abyss untouched by your heart.

 

Open the chest that conceals your true identity,

weighing the cons with the wrong quantity.

 

The power you have in this world is fettered

only by your need to never feel bettered,

to have your own invaluable name unlettered.

 

Don’t hide your repositories from me,

unlock them all and let me see.

 

I am your ally in this battle, in this war,

hear me tapping gently on your bolted door.

I see the tearstains rotting the bedroom floor,

be brave and I won’t let your hurt any more.

 

Open the door to where you store the pain,

where you sit on your swing in the driving rain,

your feet off the ground with nothing to gain

by staying up high swinging in the rain.

Don’t forget what you’ve won and what’s still to gain,

open the door to where you store the pain.

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