hyperalgesia

ever since the blustery january of oh nine,

you have felt things more acutely.

in fact, it seems that with each passing year,

your pain threshold

becomes lower, lower, lower.

what? why?

what made the stiff upper lip

so much more attainable in the years prior?

why is it that things that used to be so easy to deflect

now cut deep?

is this a good thing? a bad thing? both? for whom and for what?

the answers aren't easy to calculate.

remember your savior. he knows about this far better than you.

man of sorrows, what a name!

in the face of his sacrifice,

your pinpricks are of little consequence.

you're gonna feel what you're gonna feel,

but don't let it prevent you from putting one foot in front of the other.