Not Gain

It's so beautiful

to feel something

for once

I am so stuffed with comfort

I forget to cry

to let the pain sear hot

for a moment

brand my soul

so I don't forget

life is pain

not gain

I gain nothing

my double bed and self help books and pimple patches and desk lamp

are nothing

what good news.

burdened by trying to make this life eternal

it is not.

wrinkles, aches, medication, deterioration

come

minister to me

with your beautiful sermon

this life is temporary

I am not