Pain Became My Friend Today ©

[Shannen Wrass]

Pain Became My Friend Today ©

Pain became my friend today
She showed me how to hide
She’d been watching from a distance
Every tear I cried

Pain became my friend today
She reached out her hand to me
Then pulled me into darkness
And introduced me to misery

Pain became my friend today
Emptying my heart
Staying as my constant companion
Tearing me apart

Pain became my friend today
She isolates my soul
Without her I am nothing
In her I’m consoled

Pain became my friend today
When she saw me kneel down and cry
Then she lay down right next to me
To kiss my joy good-bye

Pain became my friend today
She introduced me to the sorrow
Who showed me how to dwell in agony
And fear the break of tomorrow

Pain became my friend today
Making my heart cold
Pain became my friend today
The only hand I hold

Written by Shannen Wrass
Copyright © 1995 Shannen Wrass. All Rights Reserved

[forgetme]

This is beautiful.

[painfulexistence]

Really moving poem.
Absolutely love it.
I felt as though it really spoke to me.