Love Poem: The Only Pain
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Written by: Ian Petch

The Only Pain

I’ll make myself a chance
The chance is here to look
I see now my last and only real glance
It seems I’m dying to forget
But when was I truly sad?
And when did I always cry?
When could I say I’m glad?
I can no longer hear my sighs

 I look, I breathe
These times were when you’re here with my heart
I stare, I grieve
You were the only thing I held dear in my arms

It seems a travesty right now
I’m living in your wake
It’s true that I wonder how
But inside I try to escape
I’m screaming in my mind
My thoughts have gone too far
My love is now far from blind
But back then it was just in a jar

I’m on my knees
I’m begging just to hear your voice
Will you hear my pleas?
I feel myself, I’m fading into noise
I’m falling down
The reason had escaped my thought
My cries are now the end of all my love
I cry for not then knowing why I saw
I cry for loving someone without cause

I hold it in
My tears will now touch the ground
I beg for sin
Something that will help me leave the sounds
Your light is now the only thing that makes me drown
My heart will break and I will never frown
How much more of this must I breathe out?
Another year like this and I’ll be gone
Another minute of this pain and it will not be long
My soul will always cry within my heart
My heart will never breathe and be let out
So please just let me say whilst I am in this place
My love is lost in you and it’s you that I will never face
It’s gone again
It’s time to see another day
It’s all the same
Even if you came to say that you feel this way
I’m lost