“Perverse”

Photograph from the collection at Pixabay

I once knew the difference between pleasure and pain
now a kiss and a bruise feel exactly the same.
This honeyed ache is a thousand knots from the norm.
Squeeze all air from my throat; I am reborn.

Now a kiss and a bruise feel exactly the same.
Shackle me to the bed; I’ll find my escape.
Squeeze all air from my throat; I am reborn.
My doctor thinks that it’s cause…