What is pain

What is pain

that is all i ask

Is it the physical suffering we gain

on whose glory we later bask

Is it always physical

whose agony seems eternal

or is it just in my ravaged mind

whose cure I can never find.

What is pain 

that is all I ask.

Is it when we let tears flow like rain

or is it when we hide them beneath our mask.

Is it the cut in my leg

back when I slipped by the lake

or is it the endless whiskey pegs

caused by the heartache.

Is it something very simple and plain

or a very complex task

What is pain 

that is all I ask.