Pain

My pain is a black pearl hidden in a clean shell.

Swim on by, all is well,

Tides and tears recede and swell.

My seabed is a lonely place

A place where I never rest, with the rest

of the thousand shells

the thousand pains we all protect.

A hand reaches out, a hand I reject

 

Pain is green, pain is envy.

It clings and weighs, and keeps me safe

from any thief with good intent

It's kiss, a sting, a stitch of string  

seals my mouth until I forget how to cry out.

And ask someone to share my pain.

 

Pain shared breaks the prison

becomes a prism

where my light

your light

our light

transforms.