Chronic
Clench.
Tug.
Pull.
How are you?
Have you had a good day?
Pull.
Clench.
Tug.
For a day like yours,
So much I would pay.
Tug.
Pull.
Clench.
I’m happy right now,
Or maybe I’m not.
Pull.
Tug.
Clench.
Two things go on
Up here in my thoughts.
Tug.
Clench.
Pull.
Which am I today?
I really don't know.
Clench.
Pull.
Tug.
Most days I need
To put on a show.
Pull.
STAB!
That’s what it’s like
Living with pain.
KICK!
Is my smile real,
Or is it the game?
PUNCH!
I know you can’t see it.
Oh but it’s there.
BITE!
That monster in me
Makes me pull out my hair.
JAB!
Right now I seem pleasant.
And maybe that’s real.
CRACK!
But it’s hard to tell
With all this
PAIN!
that I feel.