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"Unexplainable Suffering"

There is emptiness within me,
     I hurt from head to toe,
   A pain I did not think could be,
An existence I should not know,
It is a feeling I do not understand,
    Like a hunger I cannot feed,
As though the devil holds my hand,
   With a hateful burning need,
     I long to satisfy my pain,
     And put to rest my hate,
But the emptiness within remains,
   As I cry for my missing mate,
   I cannot control the pain I feel,
    Or the sorrow I go through,
But the feelings I have are very real,
    And the color I see is Blue,
   Blue for the cold in my heart,
   Or the love that was not true,
Blue for the healing that's yet to start,
     That brings my life anew.

         By Keith Ball