My Lover & Enemy

Beholden to noone but my heart

My Heart leads me to pain

O' Pain I know thee so well

I feel thee each and everyday of my life

only to take it away and leave me

Beholden to nothing or anyone

why must i love on knowing

that thee rules my fate

Why must I know thee so well

ain you are my downfall

Yet in you I reside

Pain you are my most hated Enemy

Yet I Embrace thee like a Lover

As I sit here and pen this

I feel your tender arms holding me close like a newborn babe

I hate it yet I am comforted

why must I Live in you

I hate what you do to me and my life

I despise how I feel when I am embraced by Thee

Pain, You are my Lover and my Enemy

Dale M. Jones Jr.

Age: 20

Date Written: November 5, 2000