Numb
You cannot recover from what you do not feel. Some emotions have to be experience without 'numbing' the sense. Only then can we fully acknowledge them, on our path to healing.
Gentle rain on my window paneCounting raindrops to sooth my pain1,2,3 the gin is almost gone.4,5,6 it’s almost dawn.And the pain ain’t gone. So drenched, so cold.‘You’re so strong’, so I’m told.Can’t feel the chords.Round and round my mind it goes.In ebbs and flows of emotions. Tick then tock goes the clock,Back and forth, I’m on the roll,Huffs and puffs, to calm my nerves,With dribs and drabs, the tears flowFleeting love is elusive, yet real