by Madhuli

Created on: October 01, 2010   Last Updated: October 03, 2010

Pain is the highway to truth

Its hurting but I should carry on

I look over my shoulder

To find an enemy to fight

Or a friend's shoulder to cry on

The lonely roads behind and ahead

Yawn, bored and merciless

With bleeding heart I walk on

Pain is the highway to truth

Its hurting but I should carry on

I always thought we were  in it together

The battles, the victories, the losses

And the sorrows were common

I saw you writhing alone

In agony I did not understand

I saw love turning to hate

And hate into withering contempt

Well somewhere along the road I caught on

Pain is the highway to truth

Its hurting but I should carry on.

The sadness and pathos

Creeps up very quietly

Hope turns to despair

Yet somehow the logic starts revealing itself

When the mind is numb with pain

And the lessons come relentlessly

And deceptions rain thick and fast

When all around you the lies multiply

The truth is being born.

Pain is the highway to truth

Its hurting but I should carry on.

The feeling of being alive

Of being part of this mega con

Comes from the pain

Which is pouring out of every cell

The aging, tired body

The eyes that refuse to cry

The heart which is stiff with abuse

And the soul which is seared blue

Well thanks I will manage myself from here

With helping hands I am done

Pain is the highway to truth

Its hurting but I should carry on.

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