My pain

What are you trying to tell me?
I’ve hated you
I’ve loved you
I’ve ignored you
I’ve embraced you
I have looked at every grainy, achy, jarring, deep inch of you
And still – you persist, and still you persist

What do you want to tell me?
I’ve sat with you
I’ve laid with you
I’ve walked with you
I’ve danced with you
I’ve heard all your sorry, sorry stories
Yet – still you persist, yet still you persist

What do you need me to hear?
That I’m bad?
That I’m good?
That I am SO misunderstood!
Pray tell me
My beloved, persistent, wiser than the world
Pain………..