Pain, Pearls and Happiness

I've got my pain like pearls hanging around my neck

I can hear them clack against one another

like pain is a competition

and the last one to crack

wins

I don't want to be a monster

the devil walking the earth

when not frozen on the throne of my hell

reliving the tears and track marks down my face

while my life continues to wave on by

Perhaps I should become the monster

Embrace the fight to break the freeze

And that's the fear that stops the flight

Right up to the door but can't walk through

Maybe the window is the way

Maybe my monster has wings

I clutch at my pain

and begin the long rip and tear

for release only comes with breaking

one pearl at a time

Scaring myself into happiness

February 24, 2023

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 3 of 100

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