Pain

I can FEEL it

it rips at the walls around my heart

desperate to be let in

so it can tear me apart

it claws at the doors of my mind

screaming its battle cries

determined to get in

it tries and tries and tries

not only my pain

but the pain of a thousand different souls

each of them furtively

trying to become whole

everywhere I go I feel it

like a presence in the air

pain so great and sorrowful

it brings one to despair

I feel it in the street and

I feel it in the store

I only wish I didn't have to

feel it anymore...

not one but a thousand

my demons, your demons and everyone's