Pain,
     sluggishly seeping into my thoughts.

Unnervingly effective
     in robbing me of movement, joy and love.

From where did this curse arise?
                                                                ...I know the answer.

I created this pain,
     by not acknowledging it at its moment of birth.

I nurtured it,
      with self-pity giving it further life.

By facing it,
      here and now, it will dissipate. 

With acceptance and forgiveness,
     pain and fear cannot exist in the present.

And I will be whole.