Pain management

Have
patience
w/ everything
&
a true zeal
for
almost nothing

I hurt

Nerve pain is terrifying

it’s living in an electric fire
where
if you don’t play your cards right
parts burn out & go numb

static web lacing each organ together
& aching at the knowledge that they function
is preferable to the absent cold
of numbness

each day
still complete w/ memory from when it didn’t
feel that way

as sensations change rapidly
w/ the weather
whether or not the body is in decent care

the difference between a want & a need
is a lesson tended to thoroughly
when
a routine of common events
becomes a horizon to memorize
from full sight to blindness
to survive better
w/ nerve pain embedded
in each side