“Hurting You”

if I see hurt in your eyes
it kills me

the very thought of you
hurting, because of me

opens up a black hole
in the pit of my stomach

into which I crawl
to smother the pain

of hurting you

it's not even the last thing
I want to do
because I never want to

~*~
06/2008

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“the very thought of you
hurting, because of me

opens up a black hole
in the pit of my stomach

into which I crawl
to smother the pain”

Brenda Barnhart