PAIN

We reel,we falterwe cry at her altarshe's our mother -the "Our father,"the headache the morning after. She's excruciating,pulsating,stubbornly tensing up the neck!
the lower back,the upper torso,life with her's a wreck! We fear her -she rules uswe cannot brush her away,for all our anodynes,
our medicamentsour other means of pay...there are times in life she arrives...with every intention to stay! She is cruel andintolerant - can break the strongest manshe is malingering and menacingshe's aligned with death's planDull her, poison her,stop her -IF you can! BjR September 22, '09

— Bonitaj, Sep 22, 2009

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Tip of Southern Africa, ZAF

Favorite Poets: Too many to narrow down, but briefly :, AUDEN, T.S. ELIOT, DICKENSON, RILKE, THOREAU, RUMI ... the list is endless. Am inspired by many, especially those that live lives of "quiet desperation, and go to the grave with a song still in them" (THoreau)

Critiques

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Powerful write Boni …

Powerful write Boni ... sounds like your talking about cancer orrrr it could be inner ID god this poem could be applied to so many situations ... brilliant write my friend bravo ... Love and higgest bugs Jayne x x

Nordic cloud

16 years 8 months ago

Here here! Bonitaj

Pain, suffering even be it in the mind, is a blight on the normal joy of existence. It/she/he, rules, as you say, but we have no weapon to steer her talons away fom us as you say only temporarily, it is the brains way of telling us something is wrong with the system, so we should be pleased that it does that. Yet if it goes on and on and on, it tires the whole system and makes life so heavy to bear, so sadly tainted with fears and terrors that it is the number one worst enemy of happiness and peace of mind. It is a central word-suffering- in many philosophies of life, and always will be. I hope you are not suffering, your name does not sound like a sufferer does it? If you do I sympathise and send what medicine I can by commenting on your poem. Love to all who suffer pain from Ann of Norway

Candlewitch

16 years 8 months ago

Dear Boni

I'm no stranger to pain, as I live with it every day, and sometimes it wakes me up at night. This is an incredibly insightful write. I hope that you are pain free. Always, Cat

Bonitaj

16 years 8 months ago

Misery loves company...

lol ...not in the moaning sense this time! Just realized after a 24hr silence after posting... how much I rely on you guys for attention and feedback! ;) Fortunately there's nothing too serious right now - just a bout of THE BAD BACK - which we've all suffered! Especially those who sit clued to their screens - as I have done of late! Stay well and stave off this "nasty" while you can! Boni