TAKE THE EDGE OFF

Nobody really knows
The pain I endure
Each day it grows
This is for sure

Everyone says you look great
You're not really sick
Just go out on a date
Get back into the mix

They aren't aware
Of the days I can't move
It is so unfair
The pain doesn't improve

Get up, get out of bed
You'll feel better the more you do
Look at the bright side instead
Buy a vowel, get a clue

High doses of pain pills
Barely take the edge off
I don't take 'em for the thrills
You don't know, you just scoff

When it hurts so bad
You can't touch your own skin
So sorrowful, so sad
The time has come to toss it all in

Little do they know
Arrangements are all made
When you finally let go
It's all set, even the music to be played

Some days are better
But lately they get worse
Should you seal the letter
And finally stop this curse?

The kids are grown and living life
It wasn't your plan and not your game
Way back when you were somebody's wife
But he couldn't deal 'cause life wasn't the same

Everyone is gone without a worry
Pain becomes your only friend
You want it to stop, you're in a hurry
Maybe enough pills will bring the end

We would never let out pets suffer
With no quality of life, if their pain was that bad
Euthanize, give them that buffer
Sure, we'd feel hurt and oh, so sad

Time heals all wounds is what they say
Nothing that a new pup, with new games
Wouldn't cure this day
Faithful old friend not forgotten
Just on the back burner, out of the way

My time has come, the pain too much
Lonliness and depression, out of touch
You're dying alone and that really sucks
Because friends and family are total fucks!

Dr. Kovorchian, the suicide guy
Assisted two people with my very own illness
The man that knows when it's time to die
He'd give me that needle to sweet, precious stillness...


Dori Wheeler
19may09