Growing pains

a jagged pill that I dare not swallow
deep within me a place that's hollow
a stir of echoes from deep inside
resonating through scars of time
the accumulation of growing pain
insistent upon bringing rain
the tears inside often unseen
the pain I feel deep within me
a sorrow that I cannot pass
the pain that will always last
for those I've lost, the ones I love
that I can see, and still think of
to see their face and watch them stand
I'd surrender my life, forever damned
for in this life I am a slave
ruled by my growing pain
the sorrow that I cannot pass
and nightmares that forever last