Pain

Heart don't fail me now, courage don't desert me

Do not turn from the pain

Face it now, take it head on

The pain is familiar, yet altogether different

It is never-ending

The cause is the same, and yet it has changed

The pain always has a face, and the face has changed

Lighter, prettier, more desirable

Yet the same as the one before

Everything I thought I wanted

In the end my desire must be pain

Each time my interest peaks

The pain soon follows

I cannot run from this

I must confront it

Any chance of recovery comes in this

Pain, my friend and lover

my constant companion

Once again I gaze into your depths

I saw you coming

I thought I was prepared

But now I have hit the icy cold waters

I realize again that I cannot prepare for you

My heart and soul have entered shock

Frozen in the arctic

Floating on the surface now,

adrift in stormy waters

So familiar that I'm almost calm

Comfortable, as close to ease as I can get

With this newest venture into your depths

I feel as if I'm on a journey through my past

Perhaps even headed to my past

This pain is too familiar

the arctic not so cold

The source is different

but the effects are the same

The end result is the same

Or is it?

Can one destroy a heart that has been destroyed before?

Can a soul shatter more than once?

Where is the rescue from these cold painful waters?