Challenge
Write about physical or emotional pain without using the word pain at all.
Monster
Tearing, ripping at my gut
Slashing while you're in a rut
Bleeding hopelessness and despair
But only when you are there
Run and hide and stab the space
You will never find a place
Aching, longing to be free
Just move along, right past me
Embedded in my very core
Your rotten, stinking words -NO MORE
Cancel all the private dates
Oozing dripping spitting hate
Nerves on fire
On the taut high wire
Dancing to the puppet strings
The torture that tomorrow brings
Pointed daggers in my skull
Your words are darts, my will is null
Tie that noose around my neck
And from there send me to heck
Demons eating in a rage
I think it's time to turn the page
Pounding, storming, jackknifed rage
Time for you to act your age
Disposable world I'm living in
You were my biggest sin
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