Pain

where I am at at the moment

Pain
it
drips
drips
drips
at the
back
of my
head
eroding
memories
in
puddles
of
pain

Pain, in stealth mode,
is just numb

Pain
from the side of
the wrist it
floats
to the
back of
my
throat
where
it
coats
my tongue
in vomit
waiting
to be
expelled.
I will
it down
again.
just another
day at the office
since
you
crashed into
me.

Author's Note

it isn't my best. it's just where I am

Reviews

[??????]

I gathered what the write was feeling the day you wrote, I was wondering if you were feeling ok but this write says you felt it all over. Pain is not a fun place to be. I do like how you wrote it all out:) I hope today you are doing better.

[Lyn Anderson]

pain is not a fun thing. Thank you for caring and for asking, and apparently, a lot of people feel it.

[??????]

Nope sure isn't awww your welcome my friend

[highonwords]

you could change the 'stealth mode' into something that would not sound as technical, also 'just another day at the office, since you crashed into me' doesn't have much of a bite to it

my best,
steph

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. This really is about a car accident that broke my hand. So, at the moment I shall leave it as is. And I appreciate the opinion, but the stealth mode has had more positive than negative feedback. Such is the individual preference.

[highonwords]

i am so sorry about the accident, so sorry about your hand

[Lyn Anderson]

you didn't do it, a guy named Kevin did. (see the poem hey Kev for an explanation.) The smashed up car IS my car.

[Ruth]

Pain is such an invader in all ways...perception is skewered by it and rationale hard to swallow...as always love...excellent xo

[Lyn Anderson]

Aww thanks. Another great pic hon, btw.

[Ruth]

Thank you sweetheart, and my pleasure :)

[h d e rushin]

any poem titled pain has the requirements to encapsulate it, then spell it out in all of its horrid details.
And you have done that but added the before and after consequences of doing so. Pain is as personal
as love yet is as extra-marital as infidelity. What I mean is that too much of it will break you down
and too little of it will make you soft.

Great meaning here when applied to the young, since old folk, after having rubbed their aching joints
for so long, just another day......Great write KL....dana

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for stopping in, hon. Nice to see and thanks for taking the time.

[Pryde Foltz]

There is definitely a connection between emotional hurt and pain. A highly relatable write for me, KL.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, and nice to see you.

[redzone]

"Pain in stealth mode, is just numb" and neither is good.. I am in love with that line... the problem with being numb is that it is just temporary pain management, when what is urgently needed is an end to pain!!! all the pain!!
but the upside of numb is that for those brief moments there is a lessening of pain,

not sure this will mean anything, but as I read I could feel that pain, you one hellava "painful" poet KL, I'm not complaining, just reading..

redzone`

[Lyn Anderson]

Well I am glad the pain came through.:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we try to keep it down....but sooner or later, we purge it the best we can, and then start the battle over again.

[Lyn Anderson]

yes, it does seem to be at the root of much of what we do.

[V]

Skillfully portrayed description of pain, the mental as well as the physical part.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, I am awful close to it at the moment, just spewing mental frustration.

[V]

I am sorry to get to know that...I hope you'll be better soon.

[Lydia Shutter]

Pain...debilitating whether physical or emotional. It can render us useless....numb....stuck in one spot. Your words are honest and easy to relate with. Unfortunately, all too many will understand. Lydi**

[Lyn Anderson]

thanks, Lydia, it's just where my head is at, literally, at the moment. for other things there is one blank space