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The pain starts hot, Sharp, Electric, A stab in my nerves, Violent and jarring. Then it fades to a dull ache, Simmering at a constant. White noise in my bone marrow. Tv static between my tendons. It never quite leaves, Just rises and falls, Crashes and ebbs. My biggest fear is it will never go away, Completely. I take a pill, Something small, over the counter. It doesn't fix anything. Then another, Doubling the dose, The recommended max is a suggestion, After all. It's no respite from the feeling of my knee Collapsing upon itself, spinning, folding, And tearing over and over again. So, I take another pill, Tiny, white, something stronger, Prescription. It doesn't fix anything, It doesn't hit the same, As it did the first time. It's a cycle, I get cold to it, But the pain always starts hot.
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4d ago
May 30, 2026 at 5:04 AM UTC
Pain That Kills
The pain starts hot, Sharp, Electric, A stab in my nerves, Violent and jarring. Then it fades to a dull ache, Simmering at a constant. White noise in my bone marrow. Tv static between my tendons. It never quite leaves, Just rises and falls, Crashes and ebbs. My biggest fear is it will never go away, Completely. I take a pill, Something small, over the counter. It doesn't fix anything. Then another, Doubling the dose, The recommended max is a suggestion, After all. It's no respite from the feeling of my knee Collapsing upon itself, spinning, folding, And tearing over and over again. So, I take another pill, Tiny, white, something stronger, Prescription. It doesn't fix anything, It doesn't hit the same, As it did the first time. It's a cycle, I get cold to it, But the pain always starts hot.
It hurts so much, all the time. Nothing works. Sleeping helps. But I can't fall asleep because of the pain. Throbbing, aching, sharp, dull, radiating, electric, pressure, always.
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AbruisedBrokenThing
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16/F/Anywhere but here
4d ago
May 30, 2026 at 5:04 AM UTC
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