Thank You, Pain

So, lowly criminal, please, tell me, how do you plead?

Now, honorable judges, ladies, gentlemen of the jury

Please allow me to present my case

Ha! What case can you possibly present

To rip a man from his family, faith, and friends? Defense?

Listen before you convict, you see

I never did intend to ruin anything

Intent is a guilty conscience's white flag against pride

So I find you guilty of the crimes

I know, although I don't believe

It's not only my afterlife

I bereave appeals will be denied

The line of duty calls for enforcement of laws

So you're our property now

Intelligence has failed you somehow

Oh, what a shame you play this game

Through senses, what can we explain?

Not joy, not guilt, not pain

Is love the same?

This senseless argument in vain erodes my sense of shame

Who's to blame?

Thank you, pain (for crippling my body)

God bless suffering

Thank you, pain (for freeing my brain)

For preventing me from returning to the source again

So it shall be

Now do you see the error of your ways?

Of rats and men you speak, standing up tall but you are weak

A smiling thief

We are all murderers, you see?

But you let taboo human chemistry blind your needs

Live is greed

Logic won't concede

Think about the statistics you feed

Think before you plead

Through senses, what can we explain?

Not joy, not fear, not pain

Is love the same?

This reckless argument in vain erodes my sense of shame

Who's to blame?

Thank you, pain (for crippling my body)

God bless suffering

Thank you, pain (for freeing my brain)

For preventing me from returning to the source again