Fight

Pain

The menace lurks
I go against the grain
Responsibility unshirked

Sacrifice: not in vain

Pain

Initially acute
And soon all-consuming
life around me mutes
The monster staying, looming

Pain

The black spot unshining
Amoeba of reaching fingers
devouring... dining

unwelcome guest lingers

Pain

Rigormortis,I'm stiff
Eyes red, I grimace
One year of "what if"
It's time to finish

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