Wake up call!

When I was young my heart was bold,
I thought I'd know when I was old,
But now I'm old with songs unsung,
I know I knew when I was young.

All the fears and anguish grow,
from the prison of my mask,
Not from the answers I don't know,
But from the questions I can't ask.

This is my dilemma - the thing I haven't grasped,
while hoping for the future I wander in the past,
Why can't I stop dreaming? Can someone teach me how

To wake up and take residence in the here and now?

Constant Pain

Constant pain ‘s a different game,
And should be called by different name,
Endlessly the constant drain,
It’s not the same as passing pain..

‘Hungry?’ ‘Would you like a bite?’
But starving means there’s no respite,
Sadness comes to one and all,
But depression is an endless haul.

Constant pain - of all I fear it,
Warping mind and crushing spirit.
No paracetemol will clear it,
‘Pain’ as a word comes nowhere near it.

Agony ‘s pain that’s out of control,
Suffering ‘s used for pain as a whole,
Throbbing, aches, are types of pain,
But for permanent pain there is no name.