No Pain...No Gain.

Quietness but all around
yet pain does sing it's song,

not more than I can handle, right?
or did I also get that wrong?

I understand the chain of command
but these throbbings are twice as strong.

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Working on getting pain relief
by silencing pain's singing group,

trying to obey every body's advice
would throw anyone for a "loop";

it's hard to silence aches and pains
while steady jumping through a hoop.

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Here's the bottom line, my friends
the hieroglyphic for tomorrow's day,

"No pain...no gain.", is what doctors and athletes
will ultimately say.

so follow only your doctor's advice
he went to school, he might be right, anyway.

— docmaverick, Jul 09, 2009

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: The High Desert, in the wild west, southern California, U.S. of A.., USA

Favorite Poets: Keates, Poe, Dickinson, and Dr. Seuss. There are a smattering of others, but why bother listing 'em all, ya know?, I also rely on a few of our poets, here....for advice, and what not. I couldn't possibly explain what a fountain of live, effective knowledge we have...right here in our midst ! To catch a glimmer of brilliance, merely visit: the Stream.

Critiques

Candlewitch

16 years 11 months ago

Good Title

This poem rings true with me. My sister, one of the worlds biggest hypocondriacs, is always trying to give me not only medical advice, but... her old prescriptions(medications)! Good job on this piece. Always, Cat

Bonitaj

16 years 11 months ago

No Pain, no gain

Liked this Docmaverick. Only one thing I think needs to be reviewed is the line that ends; 'by silencing pain's singing group'...? Doesn't quite gel. See what you think - otherwise clever write! Cheers Bonita j

docmaverick

16 years 11 months ago

The reason....

...line #8 is as it is, is because it ties in with line #2. If pain can "scream"...as I've herd it said....then, why can it not, "sing"? Thank you, both for commenting. Does my explanation lessen the poem's un-gelability tendencies? Anyhoo.... "Write On"! #{:>{)}@==== docmaverick.

Barbara Writes

16 years 10 months ago

Delightful

I like this piece it is a beautiful write. I understand the loop and hoops of your poetry. Great write enjoyed it all from beginning to end. ~~~~~~~~~ Be whoever you are At all times, and Remember that Because of this, people will Always Respect, and Admire you ©2008Leonard Respectfully Yours, Barbara

themoonman

16 years 10 months ago

Doc...

Pain is indeed a part of life for all life forms... most of us get to taste it in small doses when we are young, then as we get older the pains become more frequent, the problems surmount... there are exceptions to any rule, some young people have severe pains to deal with in every minute of their lives... Your poem seems to be a medicine of sorts for you, and I well understand how that is. Not sure about the last line so much, I don't trust the medical association quite as much as I should maybe, for they are human too, make mistakes, misdiagnoses and seem to seldom want to admit them... but hey, that is probably more a personal view. I noticed on your profile, you mentioned Jeff Beck... a fine musician! Richard