illumination
gently peels away darkness
peacefully cleared mind
AprilJoy
10/6/2022
illumination
gently peels away darkness
peacefully cleared mind
AprilJoy
10/6/2022
silver white and hot
shot through with strings of crimson
morning pain awakes
AprilJoy
10/5/2022
when all else has failed
and all else keeps on failing
just keep being weird
AprilJoy
10/4/2022
through darkness wander
lonely footsteps, empty streets
forever alone
10/1/2022
AprilJoy
years pass in reverse
remembered pain never gone
nothing ever changed
AprilJoy
10/8/2018
OctPoWriMo
dismal and dark
leaden and ominous
October sky
AprilJoy
10/6/2018
OctPoWriMo
diamond encrusted
dancing away afternoon
river in sunshine
AprilJoy
10/4/2018
Snippets heard
and overheard
as the world turns round and round
yes, arthritis in my ankles
my tendinitis screams at me
these aches and pains
are killing me
it must be getting old
thank God it’s not RA
Jean was told she would need
her hip replaced in may
Bob just heard
the scary word
the bump he found was tumor benign
surgery went fine,
we have dinner at nine
Ethel heard that Gladys know
a friend of a friend has gout
so many people
so much is wrong
but at least it’s not RA
The things you hear
from those far and near
words plaintive with fear
as the path you walk, dear,
you walk with the knowing
As they whisper and fuss
you do what you must
to deal with your RA
Fear chews holes
in your brain
and heart
soul
caverns connect
in the labyrinth
you get lost
in the
caves
where lives
the half light
not quite darkness
where everything
smells
like sour
mud from swamps
it rots
everything