The Pain

It creates cracks

Splinters off

Shatters what is left

Breaks holes in my resolve

The pain leaks into every surface

Make the smile hard to plaster on

Faking the right response

Gauging based on those around

Trying to guess how to react

Don’t have a basis anymore

Plain and bland

Dulled by the pain

I can’t seem to run away from

Can’t escape

Will it ease up

Anytime soon