At War with Pain

The pain crippled her

Morning, noon and night

Tormenting her every moment

Determined to win the fight

The fight she never chose

Didn't know even existed

Yet one day she woke to find

To this battle she'd enlisted

The battle was with herself

She slowly came to find

Pain could not be beaten

What a criminal mastermind

There was no other choice

She had to keep on going

She turned her back on war

The future without knowing

Could she find a way

To negotiate a peace

Would pain accept a deal

To give her some release

She tried to understand

The issues that pain brought

To offer some solutions

But it all came to nought

Running was her only option

Yet no option at all

Her legs wouldn't cooperate

She'd fall and fall and fall

Yet she kept on trying

Each day a new attempt

Mediating agreements

No option exempt

The pain slowly retreated

In the background it remained

Still a constant presence

But in a box contained

The war with pain was over

They lived an awkward peace

There never was surrender

Neither found release

They gained an understanding

A way to coexist

She listened to pain's needs

Wrote up quite a list

Then focused on the future

A way to thrive again

She found a way of living

Her best life despite the pain