Repeat

It begins as a soft ache
mouth tinged with the taste of metal
swelling upward from my jaw – covering the entire side of my face

pre-mature sunshine bliss fading
another afternoon of watering eyes,
distorted tongues and the high pitched grinding in my ears.

I would pray for silence
if I thought it would do any good.
 
JMG
4.9.09

Again I awake to this

Throbbing made worse by waking,
movement,
breathing.

If yesterday multiple attempts were made,
what of today?
Again I am looking for the cause, the reason.

Unable to relieve this menace by absence –
remaining solution: to excise a portion of day.
more restlessness, discomfort, chest tension and despair.

A series more of unrelated side effects:
loss of motivation,
sleep deprivation,
jumbled communication.

Is it in sight?

JMG

Morning in the Garden of Good Intentions

soft pulse
scrambled noise
scheduled attention

caffeine consumption
reluctant shuffling
time delay expanding

good morning!
good morning.
there are no appropriate words to explain

3.6.2009
JMG