Flay

Murder me slowly
Burn away my life
I want to feel the seconds
Don't bother with a knife.

Peel me
Flay me
Exaggerate me
Take your time
And castigate me
As you make me
Suffer through the darkest days
Make it count
No small amount
Extract my heart
One beat at a time
Don't commiserate me.

No sublime
Moments of mine
Would ever be sweet
Without defeat
And suffering time
And time again
So make the pain last
So when it's past
I will feel sane
And sweeter still
The joy will fulfill
The hours left to me.