Herpes zoster
After a simple dinner chitchatting with a friend
Felt itch in the loins with burning a sensation
It seemed strange and my hand touched the spot
Lo! It was there with a bang, the Herpes zoster.
The attack so sudden and surreptitiously silent
It took quite some time for me to come to senses
It was night in a remote mountainous hamlet
It was a crisis that left me really flabbergasted.
As night passed it erupted in all its ferocity
Each passing moment seemed like an epoch
No help expected from any corner at night
It was a first nightmare I experienced in life.
The next morning saw a proper physician
He instantly diagnosed it as herpes zoster
Gave medicines and lotions and injection
And advised me to grin and bear the pain.
Two months have passed since that night
Each day’s pain quietly reminding me
To wait patiently for that jubilant day
Free from nagging anguish and agony.
Categories:
herpes zoster, anxiety, endurance, remembrance day,
Form: Free verse