What's It Like

What's it like to feel pain ?
This is what it's like to feel pain
Better than dead with a heart of stone
To feel is a gift
Pain itself, is that a gift ?
Not I gift that I want in my life
I don't know why
I just can't manage it
To live one day and simply feel gratitude
To moan and whinge is all I know
Oh how I want to know other things
How long before I can know other things

SH November 2008