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Morning Pain

Am I feeling blue? Am I mind-fingering past woes, Quietly reflecting over coffee? HELL NO! What I’m feeling this morning is PAIN! And it aint blue This intense aggravation is shooting arrows, Is fire red, No sense of indigo, But devil’s flame instead Am I a grouch? This I won’t deny Wife says so, Her hands on hips, Punishing eyes All I can reply is OUCH! Have I something mollifying to say Something to soften the tirade, Put an upward turn to my spouse’s lips, Make a clever ending to this poem? Nope! All I can say is Just leave me the hell alone!

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Hilda Greenhough

Date: 11/25/2023 4:42:00 PM

Ah, yes. I also prefer time to turn illness around. This poem is apt for everyone who has had that grouchy mo.ent.

Thresha Reese

Date: 11/25/2023 5:14:00 AM

This poem gave me a chuckle, it's humurous to me, especially that i felt in the first two verses, the subject was a nagging woman and then the pain and then in the final verses i learned the subject was a nagging man :-) No offense intended :-) One should never assume a poet is writing about himself. It's a great poem. DaVouR *****

Skat A

Date: 6/2/2015 11:59:00 PM

SAD DAVER!!! However, I enjoyed the way you expressed yourself when under pressure or should I say pain. Clever it was at the end... LOL skat

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/29/2015 4:35:00 PM

Hi, DAver, yes isn't it sad when they take away our favorite eating places, etc? Have you tried Five Guys? Do they have it out there in the midwest. Maid Rite is lost to me but there is always Five Guys!!

Daver Austin
Date: 5/30/2015 1:11:00 PM

Don't know Five Guys. We have tons of eating places in Saginaw. Can't imagine how they all stay in business. Saginaw is such a depressed area. LOve, daver

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 5/26/2015 11:49:00 PM

I am smiling and understanding where you are coming from in this poem Daver. That is the only thing you can do when someone is in pain...get lost and leave them alone. It is what I do too! Hope you feel better soon. Hugs...

Daver Austin
Date: 5/27/2015 10:27:00 AM

This is not particularly me, Connie. I just ran out of gas and needed to post something. Thanks for reading. Love, daver

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/26/2015 4:17:00 PM

oh, I sure can relate to this one sometimes. HOpefully not too often in the future!! Love this one, Daver and thanks for your comments on my poems.

Monterey Sirak

Date: 5/25/2015 10:04:00 AM

I see by the comments that this wasn't about you, but you wrote with an intense realism that is very impressive.

M. L. Kiser

Date: 5/25/2015 7:46:00 AM

A truly honest poem...love it.

James Peranteau

Date: 5/23/2015 5:39:00 PM

Ok GROUCH......I mean poet ! hate the thought of pain fine sir. Hope yer yell'n, I mean pain soon subsides my friend. Loved the write.......much love, james

Peter Lewis Holmes

Date: 5/21/2015 5:59:00 PM

I like this gritty realist style Dave...and thanks for the comment....Peter

Jan Allison

Date: 5/21/2015 11:25:00 AM

so glad to see it is a fiction write Daver - the imagery is very accurate to some I am sure:-) hugs Jan xx

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 5/21/2015 10:28:00 AM

Sounds like this is not your best day..hope the pain subsides..I swear, I seem to have a new ache every other day..cant imagine you a grouch though. BG

Daver Austin
Date: 5/21/2015 11:17:00 AM

Honestly, this is not about me. I just thought I ought to post some damn thing. Love, daver