Pain Spoken

Written by

tiggeruss

Sun, December 09, 2007

"Pain Spoken"

We've heard

The expression "unspeakable pain".

Some say to suffer

Admirably is to "suffer in silence";

Stoically resist the urge (need?)

To scream.

No mute button suffices.

My pain, none particular,

Speaks - often. Seldom

Softly. Rambles at times.

Blazing, boisterous, brassy speech.

Yet privately. Just to me.

To be at its most authoritative,

The unsaid must remain unheard

By others.

Approval then roars.

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12/ 9/07 10:57pm

well written and so true friend.

tiggeruss

12/10/07 5:13pm

Thank you for your kind remarks. Be well. RBW

bzmomkfor

12/11/07 2:58pm

What a wonderfully written piece. Thank you so much for sharing it with us all. I can relate all too well. I find my voice in my pain all too often / or is that my pain in my voice? Either way it seems more cathartic to let it out than to bottle it up. Be well & be blessed ~kat

tiggeruss

12/12/07 4:35pm

Thanks for your thoughtful comments. Pain may be your/our voice, but we needn't let it drown out the good of life, correct? I often lose sight of that.

bzmomkfor

12/12/07 8:25pm

yes you are correct. somedays this is easier to remember than others for those of us on this long journey.

jkp

3/ 1/09 6:31pm

I feel more approval, too, when I keep silent about my pain. I just feel bad when I tell others that I have chronic pain, because I feel like I've put a burden onto them, and I'd rather be the one helping instead. I even feel bad about complaining to doctors, because they can't diagnose the pain and I don't want to make them feel bad because I think they are trying - they just can't help me. Your composition speaks to me -- thank you.

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