Monday
Bliss.
All systems go.
Light gushes in and warms.
“The day was crisp and bright, the atmosphere quivering with life.”
Tuesday
Morning shower – a slow bend to soap.
A twinge in the lower left back.
A punch in the stomach. A kick in the…
Hands stretch to reach for the wall.
Cannot straighten. Will not straighten.
“Ash, bits of bone, a handful of sand”
Wednesday
Shifting and shifting and shifting on train seat.
I stand and let the up escalator work – can’t take the jarring from the stairs.
I ease up and down from curbs as I cross-town.
I shift my briefcase from left to right to left hand to transfer weight.
A slow walk, yet breathless. Sweat beads on my forehead.
A low throbbing migraine. Knee bone connected to…
Rain falls, a light mist, cooling.
“We are wooed, then mocked, plagued like Amfortas, King of the Grail Knights, by a wound refusing to heal.”
Thursday
Sitting. Hour after hour in meetings. It’s killing you.
I stand. Vertigo. And pause before walking.
Home and early to bed.
Medicated. Floating. Body under governance of Aleve.
Insomnia.
“We lay our flowers but cannot sleep”
Friday
2:49 am.
Awake. And staring at the ceiling.
“The quiescence of organic material waiting”
I hold my breath, and slide gently out of bed.
What’s it going to be? Please. Please be right.
I take the first step.
“He savors his one joy, a cold pint of miruku that moves through his system like a transfusion of milky corpuscles.”
Healed.
Credits:
- Image: mennyfox55
- Quotes in quotations: Patti Smith, M Train.
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Oh pal, you write so beautifully, but I hate to hear of your pain. Sounds a bit like sciatica to me, and THAT is no fun. Glad that you’re feeling better (though sad that you discovered this at 2:49 a.m. 😞 Wishing you an easy glide into the weekend!
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Thank you Lori. I appreciate it. It’s so much better today. Living the dream coming to earlier in the week. Have a great weekend.
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a quick reminder of how human we are. the cyborg thing just isn’t working –
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Yes Beth. Right there…
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Our fickle flesh, clutching our attention by the throat. We have no choice until it decides to let go.
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Beautifully and evocatively captured Sandy.
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We have no choice but to pay attention. Be well, David.
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Yes, thank you Carolann. Have a good weekend.
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So well written – I only wish that your muse in this instance had not shown up. Hope you are well.
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Awww, thank you Bonnie. I am so much better today. Have a great weekend.
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Hope you plan to take it easy this weekend.
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Thank you Peggy. That’s the plan. Appreciate it. Have a good weekend.
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That sounded very uncomfortable. We all felt your pain. Great writing. Glad it has shifted, it makes us appreciate good health.
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Thank you Karen. It is dormant for now. And I’m feeling much better. I does appreciate those days when everything is working.
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I’m glad you’re better now. Pain, day after day is a real…. hmm, unpleasantry. I hope it doesn’t return. Great writing David.
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Thanks Debi. Appreciate your kind words and thoughts. I’m healed (for the moment) Onward.
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Really good stuff. Glad to hear you have savored your miruku!
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Thank you Catherine. I did! Hope you are well.
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Those days make us appreciate the other days the more. The miracle of everything functioning as intended. The birds’ song. Excellent writing, David. And happy you are feeling better.
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Almost good as new Helen. Thank you for the kind words and wishes. Have a great weekend.
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OMG…I think we were all in pain there for a bit. Stay well, David!
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Thank you Carol
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Pains come to teach us that you are not paying attention to where you should. Thanks God you are healed but had to go through it whole week? Have a nice time.
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Thanks Indira. We are back (BACk) at 95%.
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