Migraine At My Senses

‘Migraine at my senses’ #migraine #chronicmigraines #Chiari #EDS #POTS #chronicpain #poem #poetry #poet #poetsofinstagram #poems #ehlersdanlossyndrome Sense early stages Background changes Soon it bangs Like sharks at cages Neck so strained Fight heavy brained Lights too bright Fog explained Smells so sickly Escalates quickly Temples vice Jaws like ice Blindness takes My own advice Shut me down I'd rather de-fence Furrowed brow Pain my one sense Soon becomes insufferable Far too long intolerable Silent cries as pain so raw Pillow hard like cellar floor Feeling buried underground Imagination peakes I found Then weak, can't move feel paralysed Weak muscle beaten pulverised ‘Migraine at my senses’ ~ by Victoria Payne August 2016