Till it tears you, it taunts you

Stronger than boredom, fear, and hate 

Dragging you to the end of the world

Digging through pains thought to be buried 

You long for the blinding bliss once felt

To cloak and replace its pain

You blindly devour the feast of the present

Closing your eyes to a looming future and cycle

Conducted by those drunk in the sweetness of power

One swift swish of the baton

Brings your ultimate joy

Then another brings a familiar doom 

Fragrant memories turn into pricking spikes

As you bear through another rhythm of misery 

Dancing on a pathway of nails

The pains now numb to your senseless body

Motionless, all you can do is 

Watch as your hunger is served as seconds