Stronger

Prompts: Engulf, verb: (of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.

Fearful, adjective: feeling afraid; showing fear or anxiety, causing or likely to cause people to be afraid; horrifying.

Grimace, noun: an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement; verb: make a grimace.

Prompts: Engulf, verb: (of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.

Fearful, adjective: feeling afraid; showing fear or anxiety, causing or likely to cause people to be afraid; horrifying.

Grimace, noun: an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement; verb: make a grimace.

                                                     Stronger 

Engulfed in pain

Fearful of its continuance

I grimace and moan

Silently to myself

Then after thinking

What’s the point of complaining?

I just ride out the waves

Hoping it will soon go

Resistance is futile

When it has you in its grip

Muscle pain, weakness

The inability to do normal chores

Makes you feel inhuman

Wondering when you were ever

Without this underlining pain

And how you’d like to have only

The nagging pain again

Instead of this clenching

Burrowing, mind blowing pain

I try to think of other things

Distract myself with shows and movies

Books that take me away

From remembering this ruthless pain

For it will pass, it has before

Patience after all is a virtue

I tell myself

Platitudes to get me through

I will survive

I’m stronger you know.

                                                         ©Sheilagh Lee February 17, 2016