The Living Broken (Poetry)

Pain

You say you need no love,
For you are a mere shadow.

You say you need no care,
For you are a mere careless atom.

You say you need no joy,
For you are colored grey from inside.

You say you need no humour,
For you are the laughing-stock.

You say you need no freedom,
For you are surrounded by bones.

You say you need no compassion,
For pity is what brought you here in the first place.

You say you need pain,
For that is what you live for.