PAIN

Wraps a body
In tight cocoons
Of burning tendrils
Like the Python
Cruelly crushes
Captured prey

Imprisoning a soul
In silent slavery
Stealing life's
Enjoyment
Away

A Scorpion's sting
An insidious thing

PAIN

Overcomes the mind
Overrides all other thoughts
Occupies your time
Like a magician
Can hypnotize

Who changes perception
Into his reality
With a snap
Of fated fingers

Confounding senses
Controlling pretenses

PAIN

Colors the world
In darkest reds
Deeper than blood
In sluggish veins

Oh Purple Pain!
What will it take
For you
To go
Away?