cinched
in a vice grip
of gritted teeth
grinding shards
of rose tinted glass
that sever nothing
as searing hot hooks
g o u g e
burning flesh
and the dead weight
of a bloody carcass
hangs suspended
its disfigured silhouette
marred
with psychological scars
of fear and pain
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ReplyDeleteWow, that was amazing!!!
ReplyDeletewoof....intense...
ReplyDeletethe grinding of the rose tinted glasses particularly....
i like the play in that...
It can be hard to express the pain but I keep trying to find the words. Writing about it definitely helps.
DeleteGoodness, words and pictures are sharp & intense ~ I particularly like that ending ~
ReplyDeleteThanks, it's cathartic to put pain into words.
Deleteoops...where did my comment go? :O
ReplyDeleteit is almost an impossibility to paint truly such intense and unbearable pain which you have done so effortlessly...
ReplyDeleteThank you, it feels truly impossible to convey the pain but I keep trying. Writing helps.
DeleteThe scars of such nerve diseases are often hidden and pain difficult to express..I can relate; arthritis, fibromyalgia, myopothies (sp?) others...good on you for such a good description..;)
ReplyDeleteThe rose tinted glass cutting is a perfect image for the unbearable pain that leave no scars.. those pains some have to bear, and accept..
ReplyDeleteThanks Bjorn, too many know pain but writing definitely helps.
DeleteIntense pain and an intense write. I sometimes wonder how we manage to move through and accept
ReplyDeleteThere have been times where I've wondered that myself.
DeleteI am glad that you have this outlet to release just a tiny portion of the intense pain that you live with. The image and poem are painful to read - both bear witness, in some small measure, what it must be like.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brenda, my family definitely find these poems difficult to read but writing really does help.
DeleteA very vivid write, Kathryn! Psychological pain is sometimes hard to convey. You have managed to do it most efficiently.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gabriella. I never feel as though I can find quite the right words to truly convey it but I keep trying.
DeleteA fine exposure of pain and effects. That word gouge says so much doesn't it. Well done.
ReplyDeleteGouge, I know what you mean. :)
DeleteSo sorry for your pain. Your description is vivid.
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteI have known chronic pain - a surgery after 5 years of suffering cured me - but your description is vivid.
ReplyDeleteIt consumes all the good will we have within us - I am glad you can write of it.
So sorry to hear of your suffering but glad that surgery proved to be successful. Five years is five years too long when you're in chronic pain. Hugs.
DeleteWow! I didnt know you suffered from such pain, Kathryn. We didnt talk about it in the interview! A strong write, so well done.
ReplyDeleteOuch! Sounds like my migraines! A very telling description of pain, could apply to mental as well as physicial.
ReplyDeleteMarina, I suffer with migraines too and often the nerve pain and a migraine go hand in hand. So sorry you suffer with them, they can be so debilitating.
DeleteYou HAVE found the words to express your pain, Kathryn. I agree that sometimes it does help to write about it. Writing provides some kind of relief, I think, for pain of any kind that one bears.
ReplyDeletePain is something many of us understand only too well (in whatever form it takes). It is cathartic to write about it even though others sometimes find it hard to read. Thanks Mary.
DeleteThis is a pain so known in aches and seeps into every word...it absorbs into every nerve of the reader..fantastic writing!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jae . . . it's unfortunate that so many people can relate to pain.
DeleteRelax...Breathe....Peace....Kathryn xx
ReplyDeleteoh heck... tight and gripping images in this k.
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