Pain

What is pain?

I know pain.

I experience and suffer through it every day.

But, do you? Pain is when you cry,

Pain is when you're sad,

Pain is when you cut, and bleed,

Pain is a form of mental pain that's unescapable by any means No matter how hard you try,

Or beg, or fight it,

You just simply can't

It's so overpowering that when it hits you, you're paralyzed,

That's all you can do,

Is just suffer through it And if you struggle, it only gets worse,

And the pain just increases,

Until you can't see, or hardly breathe, or even think So, I still question whether or not people truly understand the meaning of pain,

Because I'm guessing they haven't even experienced sadness,

For sadness is the originator of all sorrow and pain


-Dennis Dodd (10/26/1992)

Life

Life

Some people go through it

Innocent and cheerful,

They will never know my pain

Or agony, sadness, or sorrow

That I go through every second of every day



They will never know,

What it's like,

To have to go through each day

Wondering if they'll make it tyo the next.

Or have to question,

The love of those whom they hold so very close



They will never

Have to endure through

The suffering of losing a loved one,

Or then loss of a friend



They will never

Be able to comprehend

Anything I've been through



And while they act like they care

They really don't,

Because that's all it is,

It's one big act,

And I have the lead



They will never

Have to experience,

Heartbreak, being cheated, and always being lied to

Or even a little emotional turmoil



But in the end,

I know that,

It's a part of life,

And so I have to accept

Just accept it



Accept and try to move on

Hoping, and wishing, and praying,

Tommorrow will be better



But, of course,

It won't,

And I will suffer eternally



Why?

Because,

It's called life,

And we are all an active participant,

In this game



-Dennis Dodd (10/26/1992)