Pain Poem by Alexandra Bowden

I have to feel pain,
In order to feel alive.
From the starving of food,
To the stopping of breath.

I have to feel pain,
In order to feel human.
From the cutting of the wrist,
To the nail digging into my back.

I have to feel pain,
In order to feel something to live for.
From the hurt of a lie.
To the hurt of a broken heart.

Some of us have to be in the rain to feel alive,
Others need to feel love.
Me,
I need to feel pain...