Short Sciatica Poems

I've got aches and pains and chills and blaines,
Arthritis, bursitis and more.
If it weren't for this darn sciatica,
I'm sure it would hurt even more....

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oops - can't do it 
can't stay at the computer too long
this chair is really hard on my back
i'm still feeling that sciatica pain
that hollow tube of pain from my lower back 
down through my kneecap and a little further down
sometimes all the way down to my toes
sciatica sucks
(all the energy out)
sciatica!...

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Widder Woman

hate boxes and neat little slots
pigeon holes burn my behind
all those safe-making creations 
that pacify the peeps. 

stuff an unknown quantity
into a bag of mundane
catch me first.

if I must be widow then a merry one
will I be and 
as soon as my sciatica clears up
I streak the whole damn street....

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Giving me subtle clues they don't care
Asking me to work 9 hour shifts without a lunch break
Staying late and arriving early every shift
Lying to myself about the sciatica shooting down my leg
Intrinsically frustrated with my life
Giving it all despite the inevitable fall
Highlighting the fool in my heart
Too much of a team player to give up

Makes me wish I didn't care
Even though I enable my self-destruction
...

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It takes strength, day and night
to tolerate pain, the Fibro fight
the muscle aches, damn brain fog
total exhaustion, stiff as a log
headaches, sciatica, insomnia and more
tinnitus, vertigo, and stress galore
nerve pain and spasms, when does it end
this Fibromyalgia needs to mend
I don’t look sick, but my struggle is real
I’m quite often hot, when cold you feel
The ride never ends, but I am strong
Chronic pains no joke, but I will go on....

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my left leg went wooden
paradoxically
it hurt like hell

in-between the agony
meditation
i am not this body i thought
i am not these thoughts i thought
i am not even this mind i said
to myself


i am not this self
my self replied

it was then
that i experienced

a minor - no

a pigmy epiphany
just a wee inkling

(size isn't everything)

smiling on the inside
i made myself a whisky-sour
a strong one

that moment of enlightenment
was as good as any
I’ve had so far...

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