Blazing pain

The last comfort of rest

In my bed is denied to me

As pain incrusts itself 

In every nook and cranny 

Of my decrepit body

Making it a foreplay to hell

Constant pain throbbing 

Without any respite

The mattress develops hurtful knobs

Against which my fragility

Finds no defense

The blankets acquire

A sudden heaviness

Insufferable to turn and toss

Stretch and curl

Each second morphs to infinity

Or so it seems in the endless night

To find a senseless position

Where pain stays muted 

And not flicker up lapping

Against the sinews and joints

A red hot iron bar crushes

Bones and flesh

Blazing pain radiating 

Throughout every breath 

To sleep would be a blessing

Pain go away, already

You have stayed too long

Too afraid to take a pill

That could worsen it all

I have to go through it all.

Lucette C. Bailliet

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