#periodpain
Pain surges through my body,
No matter how I sit, how I lay,
I feel like I have been stabbed.
It’s just period pain.
Just is a funny word, it implies it could be worse,
Maybe it could, but as the pain travels down to my thigh, to my knee, then up again to my lower back,
I’m not sure it could get worse.
The nausea kicks in, I feel faint,
Am I swaying?
I stumble to the toilet, retching with agony,
My body tries to get rid of the sin; Of the apple Eve ate,
But it feels hopeless.
I begin to burn up,
So I fling myself to the cold cool bathroom tiles,
What else am I to do?
The room is swallowed by misery, myself as well,
I can do nothing but lay on the floor and take it,
Every four weeks,
Again and again I am tormented; punished,
And for what?
What have I accomplished that is equal to this, Monstrosity?
Nov 15, 2025
Nov 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM UTC
Don’t go making the _joke_ — you know, the one
that always hits a girl’s bad note. I used to laugh too…
until I got the _notes on the subject_, and learned,
this isn’t a punchline, but instead hits a girl like
a gut punch. The red dragon that cramps up in
its cave, where swinging at her mood swings
doesn’t make you brave.
She’s in the tide of her red-letter week — a storm
swelling beneath soft skin. Appetite shifts, touches
itch instead of soothe, and even thoughts lose their
rhythm, like radio static in a room full of noise.
And sometimes it's hard to think straight when
your own body is pulling sideways.
And those bloated comments... they don’t ease anything.
It’s a different pain for every woman, but one shared
thread: that you don’t get to add to it. As we may not
understand the full weight — but we can choose not
to pile more on.
And if you’re thinking of making a joke about it…
don’t. __Period!__
Jul 28, 2025
Jul 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM UTC