SORE SPOTS

They say it's anger,
but I think not,
there is a sore spot
that acts up at times,
and its been a long time
with the same pain,

but they say it doesn't
make sense to complain
about the same pain
again and again,

even if we know
where it stems from,
a product of the Earth
and heat from the Sun,

the English lexicon
in the upper echelons
of a bronze phenomenon,

an ache to match the Sun's
oppression, a continuous
tension in the same spot
that cannot be forgotten,
like fields of cotton...and
their thorns that prick,
again and again.