Delicious Pain

Oh, it’s you again, huh

Yeah, I’m familiar with you

It’s like I’ve known all my life

Some of my earliest memories are with you & 

there hasn’t been a single year of my existence 

Without you appearing somewhere on my journey

I have to admit, there was a time when I sought to avoid you

Afraid of the feelings that you would bring

The excruciating pain that accompanied your presence

The deflation of confidence that you brought

Which took my breath away as if I were dying

And if it was an emotional episode then that load

Was certainly one that I was unprepared for the road ahead

But now I get you, I even embrace you

Because when I do, it let’s me know that I’m alive

And so I’ve learned to welcome you in my life

Because the taste of pain is price that is able to afford

The brightest light if you let it serve its purpose

No more do I think pain is worthless, as I’ve come 

To appreciate its service in making me a better man

So that I can withstand any storm that seeks to keep

Me from being able to perform at my peak

And now that I know you, I’ve acquired a taste 

For you as you’ve become a delicious treat to my soul

Helping me to unfold my scroll as i become more bold

Learning to balance my hot and cold so that the ice

And coals won’t take the toll that once caused me to fold

As i transmute my soul into silver and gold because

Now I understand the alchemical properties pain holds &

The role it plays in the process of gaining mastery & self-control