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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2021-03-01 04:32 AM

The Devil came early.
He usually waits until 3
before waking me.
Taking me to hell,
he nudges me along
with a poker in my back
just to hear my joints howl.
From jaw to toes
and all points in between,
with gritted teeth scream.
The Devil just laughs
as I scramble
to swallow merciful pills.
Pitiful slow pills
with a side of numbing gel.
And if I sit ever so still,
my body’s yowling
calms to loud grumbling.
and I can begin to breathe
without grunt or groan.
I may even be able to
slip back into the oblivion of sleep
for a bit before
I start my day….
The Devil came early,
giving me hell to pay.

LGR(C)3/1/21

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

1 posted 2021-03-01 11:21 AM

Loved this and can truly relate. Much better put than I could ever have done.

j.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2021-03-02 07:19 PM

Jimmy such high praise coming from you!
Saw neurologist and he said it wasn't neuropathy it acted autoimmune and I need to see Rheumatologist. Sooner the better, I need some effective pain control!
Take care my friend,

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

3 posted 2021-03-03 04:14 PM

It's funny, or maybe ironic, that the sleep we neglect and forsake all our lives while we plan and plot our way along in life, hoping to secure a better future, is the one thing we simply crave once we get to said future. I can't sleep enough these days...my escapism. I know it's even more so that for you, Lori. Sending ((hugs)).

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

4 posted 2021-03-04 05:57 PM

Lori...I have to say I feel your pain, my wife has chronic pain and takes meds around the clock, we get up at 3 AM every morning so she can take her pain meds.
Stay strong dear lady and get better...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

5 posted 2021-03-08 05:08 PM

Oh..(((Lori)))..hope you get some relief,
that dreaded Pain can drive a person to
the edge.

Sky~

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2021-03-29 01:49 PM

I believe many of us are getting to a stage of relating to this very thing. Once, it was insomnia that kept our over-active brains from falling into slumber; now it's more insufferable aches and pains from some ailment, or disease. Well done, Lori.

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2021-03-29 01:52 PM

I believe many of us are getting to a stage of relating to this very thing. Once, it was insomnia that kept our over-active brains from falling into slumber; now it's more insufferable aches and pains from some ailment, or disease. Well done, Lori.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

8 posted 2021-03-29 06:26 PM

an excellent poem, full of sonorities, and delicious adjectives, i wish these aches end soon, devil is tough
yann

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