PAIN PILLS

PAIN PILLS

Roger A. Davis


Nature's notice of an overdue bill
The body's warning security alarm
Many times it keeps us from harm
Pain, ignoring it and you will need a pill


Some have a high tolerance
Others, a very low thresh hold
I, for one, am not very bold
Give me a medical trance


Our hearts go out to the terminal kind
Suffering for days on days
Holding on to that eternity it pays
That God will bring you forever peace of mind


He says that one day all tears will be gone
But we thank him now for Tylenol
And that blessed relief lull
Finally sleeping past dawn


So lay us down to painless rest
Ills and soreness put aside
Prayerfully, Lord, we confide
"Hold off today's character test"