Pain

Pain

12/19/07

I feel it,

I felt it,

I don’t know exactly

What happened to me.

I slipped, and fell,

An accident, it was,

I swear it so.

But it hurt.

The pain of contact,

Ebbed to reveal,

A sharp, unbearable,

Stiffness, that hurts.

I remember shock,

And pain, lots of pain,

But questions, and thoughts raced.

What happened? What’s wrong?

Pain still there,

I tried to fight it.

I couldn’t lie, or sleep,

I couldn’t even think.

But what more,

There is life that,

Doesn’t falter, when I do.

I try to keep up.

It’s difficult to

Go on with daily

Activities, that require,

Such painful movement.

I understand, though,

That there is worse pain,

However, the greater hurt,

Lies in my mind and heart.