Once Again

 

Once again

I lay upon my bed

and helplessly succumb

to the power you have over me…

 

Once again

I cry, for I am overcome with

chills while you loom over me; an univited

guest in my sanctuary; a threat to my sanity.

 

Once again

I bury my face in my pillow, with my

body in a self – protective fetal curl. I shut my eyes

tightly and wish you away, but you  won’t go; Oh no,

no, no, instead you come and wrap me in a cruel embrace, and

 

Once again, I am yours.

Author's Note

My muse here is migraine.....it's not just a headache.....a headache is only a (common) symptom. It is a neurological syndrome and can cause all kinds of weird symptoms. My reference to "chills" is a symptom that I get and feels like the edge of hypothermia. The pic shows nails, which represents the "pins & needles" effect that affects only my left side, and a flower, which represents the good things in my life that can be overshadowed by the episodes.

Reviews

[jen -- JG]

Once again you have an image in your writing - perfect tree - could this be the tree of life?
Headaches are the pits, migranes are a psychedelic travesty to our continued health. It isn't just the pain, it's everything else. Sorta like morning sickness and giving birth through the brain at the same time!

This is a cleverly written piece because it smacks of things other than a migrane, yet the clue is there in the third stanza

" I bury my face in my pillow, with my

body in a self � protective fetal curl. I shut my eyes

tightly and wish you away, but you won't go;"


This is a position and a statement migrane sufferers know too well.

A very good and clever write that without your explanitory notes would be read much differently - even so - it is an attack on you - you are being abused - not by a person but by the hell that is known as "migrane.

Jen - JG

[Candle in the wind]

My god how you have personalised the menace of pain and is so true.Sometimes sadness also assumes the shape of a physical ache and refuses to go.I t gnaws into your being and you want to break free!

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

This is wonderful , not a migraine but that it inspired such a passionate write.. like an unwanted or uninvited lover.. very good prose.

Chloe
xoxo

hope it is gone ..

[Phil Sanders]

How powerful .. how emotive .. what an insight .. it is a remarkable piece.....

[closed]

I wonder what style of poetry this happens to be. I like it.

What's cool about this poem, is the fact that it does a good job of symbolism, while alluding to something else entirely.

Go you!

-Dream

[Robert A. Pacheco]

Butiful are your words, but such pain.
You cry for it to go away, in vain.
Your tears fall to your pillow, like rain.
I only wish that my pen would write like yours.
But it wont... What a shame.

Beautiful write, though there's so much pain.
I absolutely love it.

Nice write. Great job.

Thanks for the post,
Rob

[Keith]

There was a time when epileptic seizures consumed every waking moment for approximately two and half years, severe anaphylactic shock. The only good thing that came from watching my body break my bones and put every extremity numb and to sleep was the absolute disconnect I could eventually show it. Great time to study nirvana... all I can recommend.
Stay healthy, despite anything. sympathies.sadness.

phenomenal you could forward such an effort. nice write.

[Marie]

I love the repetition of the title of the poem. It really brings home your meaning.

[None]

Migraine pain can shut you down and it sounds severe! I hope you feel better very quickly. Your poem is so right on target. When I first read it, it seemed like a guy was bothering you and then in the end you forgave him. The second time I read it as intended and it really struck me like lightening. This is so magnificent and you really have a special grip on feelings and words combined!

[ELii]

Nice imagery. You captured your symptoms very well in your write. I hope you get to feeling better very soon.