The pain was sweet enough to savor 
Category: Writing and Poetry 

The pain was sweet enough to savor
The taste was sweet sticky flavor
Tempered my steel with the blade of an axe
Gentle and sweet like your legs when they're waxed

Character building was the theme of the day
Times past, moments lost in most peculiar ways
Get with your life; it's gone the prophet says
But those painful times are what made me what I am today

A kick ass dude some would say
Oh but the pain did temper my steel
Sharpened my axe with the pumice stone wheel
Electrified my soul like the jolt of an eel

Alive, he's alive they said
Surprised by the fact that I wasn't dead
I woke up with teeth marks in my lips
My belt was loosened around my hips

Distilled water I was taking sips
Mouth was dry like the bones of old ships
I conquered death they said
Walked the gauntlet on carpet of red

Fear not him that can take your body
Rather fear him that can take your body and your soul
What a long strange trip it's been
Filled with lessons I'll never have to learn again