Pain, Pain Go Away

Pain, Pain Go Away
by Vivian Gilbert Zabel

I sit here, anguish filling my breast,
clogging my throat, burning my eyes.
The betrayal increases, doesn’t ease
with time, doesn’t leave my mind.

Pain, pain go away,
don’t return any other day.

Burnt once, burnt twice,
don’t I ever learn? No, not I.
I seem rather foolish, naive
without any sign of change, of hope.

Pain, pain go away;
let me lose this if I may.

I tried to help her; I really did.
I thought we had bonded,
became kindred, related in love.
Now I cry because my heart is torn.

Pain, pain go away;
let me go, keep you at bay.

Which way to turn, where to go?
I cannot tell, do not know.
The pain takes all thought, decision
and crumples them into bitter naught.

Pain, pain go away;
I don’t have anything left to pay.