Barbed–wire thoughts, thoughts that burn
when they are being thought – I don’t have
much sympathy with feelings expressed

Because real pain can’t be explained; memories
and thoughts that sting can’t be conveyed in
simple words; when pain is described

In everyday terms, the pain was made small
enough to fit into minuscule verbs; real pain
can’t be described; it hurts too much…

The part of the brain that enables us to use
symbols like words, sublimates pain and
experience before formulation

Real pain remains inside, still undescribed,
the real thought that burns can’t be said-

Life is a flight from feelings
that burn…

Margaret Alice

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/feelings-life-is-a-flight-from-feelings-that-burn/