For the pain still lingers

For the pain still lingers

In a world of human potential

Of bright shining lights and

Being all you can be.

For the pain still lingers

Where the neurons carve their way

And the path to our best Self

Is come clear.

It's a pain the surges up

From far below the science

The tracks and their dull retreat

Into never-ending.

For the still dark waters

Hold a truth more quiet than its turbines

Its crops and its pleasure craft

A whisper of boredom.

Of pain, of a soul's long struggle

Of songs murmured on the wind

Of a bleached white carcass with its

Skin drawn tight.