Why does pain hurt?
Like a hot spoke burrowing through
The soft chambers of our heart,
It cleaves a severe path.
Oh, the agony of heartbreak.
How agonizing is the feeling!
The pain of it clamps its hot fingers
Around our tender feelings,
Suffocating their softness
To leave us helpless and alone.
Yes, that is how pain behaves.
That is what it feels like.
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