All Entries to the 2008 Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest

mopar496

Massive Migraine

Whole like a tangerineQuiet as pillow whispersA black holeThe center of the universeMad scientist drilling and sawingAt a hole in your faceThe hot lamp burns yellow and redGarish summer sunstrokeShut your eyesBlue and black pound awayJack hammers in the nightCut out the sunlightBlack out knock outBlankets wash over youCold crisp cotton sheetsShock... Read more Chevron

posted 04/10/2008, comments (3)|

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THE CHANGE OF HOPE

On a good day hope abounds.Maybe I'll go for a walk today.Read that great book I just bought.Apply for that new job.Dream about that vacation I want to take. On a bad day . . . a day with a migraine.The only hope I have is for less pain.My world becomes so small.

posted 04/09/2008, comments (0)|

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Helen Zylman Seaman

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"How Do You Feel?" "Fine!"

It is so hard to explainpain to someone who has never hurt for days, or weeks,or years. It's like remembering a coloror a flavor and trying to describe it to someone who cannotsee or taste. Even if I wasMonet,painting a picture of pain,no one would recognizethe image. I stumble, searching for a way to quantitate... Read more Chevron

posted 04/09/2008, comments (0)|

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Facing It Alone

I thought its just a headacheI thought that things will be alrytBut i guess i was wrong.....Headache all the day pain all over the body My day is ruined kept in bed in a dark room Can't open my eyes Can't bear the lights Dreams start vanishing of being able to be myself And creating my futureMigraine all over again And so is the pain Tears... Read more Chevron

posted 04/08/2008, comments (2)|

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Please, Thank You, Amen

Soft as an Angles' Breath. Please close the Door,God an I are having a little Talk. Everything is Different in the Light. Just seeing my own lights is easy to do. So if you need to turn on the lightJust let me know, that way I'm prepared For a Mightier Light From... Read more Chevron

posted 04/08/2008, comments (0)|

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