“It hurts so much” I tell him
but he doesn’t understand
He thinks the pain is corporal
like the burning from a brand
I tell him it’s the emptiness
that echoes through my soul
the barren wasteland of the dreams
that make a woman whole
I’m down here on my knees
hands grasping at my heart
And he thinks a pill will fill the void
that’s tearing me apart
“It hurts so much” I tell him
as he joins me on the floor
and he begs me not to cry
this man whom I adore
But the abyss is swallowing
and I mourn my sterile womb
as the child we planned slips away
I long for my tranquil tomb
I know that he should be enough
I love him more the life
but failure slices through my breast
I submit to the thrusting knife
“It hurts so much” I tell him
but he’ll never understand
still, he gathers me close on the desolate floor
and soothes my soul with his hand
Patricia Gibson-Williams
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... This was...Amazing.. Powerful.. Heart-wrenching.. It made me think, and feel what you were saying. =/.. Some pain is hard to soothe- and all you can do is hold on to a person you love, pain or not.. 
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