by
Sandy on Migraine
Friday, April 17 2009
The Marriage of Body and Mind
Shall I compare thee to a willing mate?
Our weddedness not heralded by choice,
our marriage arranged by God or by ill fate,
our intercourse a second to divorce.
I dote on you with potions and health food.
You plead, for years, I lighten up and dance.
You gift me with a migraine, I you a... Read more
by
Sandy on Migraine
Friday, April 17 2009
LETTER TO MY BODY
To think I woo you
with bushels of fresh organic greens:
Swiss chard, kale, beet leaf;
how I encourage equanimity
with lentil, split pea, black bean,
and foster balance
with whole grains: quinoa,
spelt, kamut, tempeh;
neither too yang nor too yin,
rice cake, almond soy,
forsaking chocolate,... Read more
by
Sandy on Migraine
Friday, April 17 2009
MIGRAINE
Just beyond the bolted door
beyond the shut-up wooden world,
the live earth spins and grasses grow.
Even some old trotters bolt
and gambol, Pegasus with legs of a colt,
into meadow and sky, past insult.
When ease is a cruel man's joke,
the body, its pulse and synapses, a ghoulish yoke,
and the... Read more
