By RainbowChaser
Date: 2003 Jul 30
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Personal Punishment

No need to punish me for real and imagined misgivings
i can do it alone
i can make myself suffer so much more fully
than you could ever hope to

personal punishment is my forte
i'm a perfectionist
i'm in tune with pain, pleasure, and punishment
it hurts, but in some psychotic sense it feels pleasurable

i punish myself because i love you
and i imagine that i've harmed you immensely
permanently
and for that, there is no escape from punishment or pain

painful tears fall
i try to hide my feelings
try to hide the constant pangs of guilt
personal punishment allows me to believe that i somewhat deserve you

because i pay for my sins
i've punished myself for all my shortcomings
praying that you'll never see me in the middle
of a period of personal punishment