Monday 3 August 2020

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

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