Endurance

The mental lash flickers like fire
Invisible pain rendered real
Alone... tormented, reviled
Human excrement to be cast off
Bound to impotence in self loathing
Where is the scourge to draw blood
Simple satisfaction in it's reality
Crimson drops coursing down my body
Again and again I draw the coiled venom
Across withering skin the bite is deep
Acceptance, willingness, resignation