Pain I can take,
It's just nerves firing when all is said and done,
A few tiny tiny electrical impulses
Advising of damage or of hurt,
If it's not my head then
I can grasp it and isolate it and mitigate it
And bring the problem under control,
Mostly and more often than not,
Even a heart attack did not
Preclude a presentation duly prepared,
Albeit quieter and more hesitantly delivered
Than my usual confidence,
But the turning of friend
To unreasoning and un-listening foe,
This thing cannot be grasped nor quenched,
Even by a horse sized aspirin,
It leaves ones heart
Pierced with a jagged blade
That rips and tears a hole beyond
Imagining or control,
Faith and care and love
Hemorrhage uncontrolled
Like the tears that course down my face,
Or will if I permit,
The pain I cannot contain
But stoicism is my friend
This day and stoicism
Will stem the flow
Eventually
Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021 at 5:05 PM UTC
Pain I can take,
It's just nerves firing when all is said and done,
A few tiny tiny electrical impulses
Advising of damage or of hurt,
If it's not my head then
I can grasp it and isolate it and mitigate it
And bring the problem under control,
Mostly and more often than not,
Even a heart attack did not
Preclude a presentation duly prepared,
Albeit quieter and more hesitantly delivered
Than my usual confidence,
But the turning of friend
To unreasoning and un-listening foe,
This thing cannot be grasped nor quenched,
Even by a horse sized aspirin,
It leaves ones heart
Pierced with a jagged blade
That rips and tears a hole beyond
Imagining or control,
Faith and care and love
Hemorrhage uncontrolled
Like the tears that course down my face,
Or will if I permit,
The pain I cannot contain
But stoicism is my friend
This day and stoicism
Will stem the flow
Eventually
