THE COMFORT OF PAIN

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2001 Poetry

Too many are so afraid of you

Because you can cause a sea of tears

A disconcerting behavior

A pandemonium of some sort

And worst yet—a command to a life’s end

They see you as a hook that seizes tranquility

And neatness of one’s well being

Into the world of make believe

Your victims suffer hallucination

And eventually leap onto barbed reality

Making your prey beg for his misery to end

If some are lucky enough to conquer you

You become a most powerful gizmo

To everyone’s daily struggle

You are sharper than any other daggers

Quicker than any other zooming bullets

Wiser than the father of Science

And even more indulgent

Than the minister of sacred creed

You can be a life source of energy

The kind of pain that brings comfort too

If they would know how to conquer you

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