On Pain

It bites

            Holds

            Tears at you

Rusty teeth

            Sinking in

            Gnaws

Shaking

            Trembling

            So much

Make it stop

            Do something

            Anything

You wait

            Worsens

            Throbbing

Steadily

            Spreading

            Hurting

Mind clouds

            Focuses

            Dwells

Think of everything

            Anything

            To make it stop

No relief

            Insidious

            Creeping

Entwines around you

            Squeezes

            Bites in

Sinking deeper

            Way out

            Anything

Stop it

            Something

            Has to

Death

            Not rational

            Last resort

Painkillers

            Waiting

            Take effect

Time stretches

            Minutes like hours

            Slows to a crawl

Whimpering

            Moaning

            Cursing

Familiar tingle

            Spreading

            Like a great wave

Gradual

            Moving

            Numbing

Slowly

            Easing

            Oblivious