On A Scale Of 1 to 10

 how much pain are you in
what sense does it make to
 hold onto pain when it
hurts to endure the suffering
 it contains it's much easier
to let go than to retrograde
 over thresholds of the past
behind doors that close
 and lock you in a trauma
dome made of unbreakable
glass it shatters the mind
 to grasp onto undesirable
uncontrollable fire capable
 of carried out set attainable
goals to burn holes through
 the fabric of life it's not
conducive to growth and
 disables the ability to be
still and feel what it's like
 to heal the palms of the
hands that held so much in