In the Absence of Pain

Filtered through the nervous system

Your body does not respond

Failing neural connections

Communications with the outside world

Living in the absence of pain

Never feeling a thing

No way to sense injuries sustained

Trapped within this shell

Shattered mind, soul in vain

A future so bleak

Broken bones, lethal wounds

Senses docile and meek

Waiting for sensations to appear

How long can the body persevere

One by one, functions letting go

What it feels like to die

I will never know

Never felt what others take for granted

Nothing signals what's wrong

Brutally harming your body

The severity will never be known

Living in the absence of pain

Never feeling a thing

No way to sense injuries sustained

Trapped within this shell

Shattered mind, soul in vain

A future so bleak

Broken bones, lethal wounds

Senses docile and meek

In the absence of pain

Living life in vain

Sensations bound to be restrained

Waiting for sensations to appear

How long can the body persevere

One by one, functions letting go

What it feels like to die

I will never know