Why does it hurt to feel? There is a full aching pain throughout the numbness of my body. It rattles me in my fragile state And I decide I don't want to feel real. It's much too much For me to handle. I'm afraid of the dark And I'm only holding a candle. So I shut the world out, For fear the wretched pain might rack my body once again. Forget about elating emotions- If I can just live contentedly, Then I won't have to feel the pain as deep as oceans.