Wound

When it hurts so bad

that you can hear pain scream,

When tears sting like fire

When it aches too much to dream.

When it hurts so bad

that there is no description for pain,

When your cries for help are muted

When it cramps your heart in vain.

When it hurts so bad

that there is nothing left to wound,

When a welt becomes a heart beat

When your soul feels as if it's ruined.

When it hurts so bad

that your spirit becomes lacerated,

when sadness is cut adrift from itself

when your heart becomes incarcerated.

This is when, my friend...

you'll begin to finally really see-

and the veils and mysteries will disappear

and all that's left underneath will be me.