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jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2016-03-08 12:21 PM

most pain resides in the mind. I want just to look it in
the face, stare it down, until it surrenders in utter
humiliation. now, who's the coward here?

pain, where is your sting, can you not sit on a stool
in the corner like a child who's misbehaved. maybe if
I ignore you, you will lose face and go gently into the night.

the early morning may be shrouded with clouds threatening
to put a tarnish on a sense of peace I am resolved
shall leaven my day, not touch deep, distressing thoughts

let me bear this burden with dignity and elegance.
I choose not to taste the truth that pain exists like a bitter
plum in some private obstacle course of mine.

nothing will distract me from looking at the sky and dream
of reaching for the sun, leaves that frolic against the wind,
carry my wishes to a place warm as a cocoon, pain-free.

let me choose to walk myself well, detached from all the
thorns I am stepping on, they are the embers on my feet,
distracting my mind from plunging into madness.

and i will emerge out of this dark tunnel completely,
free-floating in pure air scented with wild mint and garlic,
forgetting that such a creature as pain rules my body.

@jjote 03/03/16

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

1 posted 2016-03-08 02:36 PM

Good work!
Nothing like a positive attitude to conquer the challenges we all face, pain being one of them.
Good writing.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2016-03-08 04:06 PM

Nice work if'n ya can get it, jjote. I used to think pain was something I was born with. Mostly the kind of pain I received throughout the years was pure mental, but mental pain can work its way into full blown physical pain also.

Eh . . . These days I hardly have either kind of pain. I know that sounds strange, seeing as I will be seventy-seven next month. You'd think I would at least have heavy doses of the physical kind of pain. But I don't, thank goodness and miracle drugs. That other pain, the mental? I have fought and won all of my mental pain to a standstill, I am happy to say.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

3 posted 2016-03-09 06:45 AM

Excellent work.

This reminds me of my wife, and I will show it to her..

She has a bad back, and Arthritis in her shoulders.. :-(

Thank You for the poem.

"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
Carl Sandburg

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

4 posted 2016-03-10 07:19 AM

thanks ethome, JP and ice for commiserating with my pain

and for that pain will have to be set aside so I can write more poems. Ice, I hope reading this to your wife will help her too

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