Support and Hope for Chronic Pain and Illness
Drown My Pain, Not My Spirit
How odd how perverse that
all which is missed
the routine the humdrum
the week’s shopping list
that I once called painfully,
mind-numbingly dull
seems now like a life
so exciting and full
and here this distorted
reflection of me
not dying not living
just asking to be
not burning not drowning
just one more time free
Written by ©MikeR, chronic pain patient.
[…] Instead of finding yourself pulled under this vast, oncoming wave, stop a moment. Take a deep breath. Trying to hold all this at once, to think of it all at once is a recipe for stress and even more overwhelm. Know that you’re only feeling this overwhelm because you care. If you didn’t care about others, about what you do, give, and your place and purpose in the world you wouldn’t feel overwhelmed. […]
My poem
No matter how near
No matter how far
You’ll always be here
In my heart
Friends forever
You and me
That’s how it
Will always be
Thank you, Sarah, for sharing your beautiful poem. Gentlest hugs and love x