She always seemed to find me
No matter where I might travel
How much I might change
She knew me completely through and through
A very old friend and lover of mine she was
Our companionship reached back to a time
That I could not remember the first meet
There were periods that we would lose contact
She would leave me for an indeterminate spell
Times losing association only for a short while
And others for so long I almost forgot her
But she has always returned to me
There were times that I hardly recognized her
But she would come forth and give me that knowing smile
Embrace me with the warmth that I knew all too well
I would allow her to shackle me once more
She would bind me with the chains of her being
And she would swear to me once again
The sweet promise I hated so much
That this time she would not leave me
Never was I to be alone anymore
I smiled and walked forth once more
My companion, my friend, my lover known as Pain