Pain

Just what is pain?
Is it a mere figment of imagination, created to cause care.
Is it a physiological response to a stimulus to help protect the bodies welfare from potentially harmful situations?
Or is it something else?

But none of these would psychological pain, only physical pain.
And either way, it is very difficult to alleviate both forms of pain.
For example, to overcome the pain in a cut, one could use ice, an ointment, or something else.
But it is only a pain reliever, not a pain avoider.
How can we avoid pain?
So we can continue on with out tasks.
Those tasks may be manual labor, recreational pursuits, or even succeeding in a final exit strategy.
Overcoming pain, seems to be a virtually impossible task, perhaps only done through sheer mind power.
I don't know, but pain excites me and perplexes me.
It is both beautiful and horrible.
It both inhibits and assists in life.
And I love it and hate it.