m.i. ok?

m.i. ok?

A Poem by Kris Merrells

I shift in my chair and grimace " I’ve b-


Pause.


Where does it hurt?

Where exactly does it hurt?


Pause.


Anywhere else? (I don’t think so…)


How long has it hurt and I’ve just not been paying attention to it?

(I don’t know. Not long?)


Is it a muscle? (Which muscle?)


How does it feel? What kind of pain?

(It’s not the same. No pressure. No squeezing…)


Slow, deep breath in.


Slow, deep breath out.


Again.

 

Again.

 

…okay.


Okay.


*sigh*

 

Will a cramp be “just a cramp” ever again?

© 2013 Kris Merrells


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Kris Merrells
Kris Merrells

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It has been nearly three years since I have abandoned the status quo in search of a life that meant something. I always try to imagine what I would think of my life, if I were 100 years old, looking .. more..

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