Someone’s forcing me to the ground,

With a branding iron on my face!

An ice-pick gets jabbed into my ear!

I wake up sweating on my pillow-case!

My face is burning up,

Don’t move, don’t yawn, don’t cry.

Did you know that crying hurts?

The tears make the pain multiply.

I can’t leave my house without a scarf!

Even a gentle breeze stabs like a knife,

It softly sends a razor down my cheek. 

Is this really how I live my life?

Please don’t kiss me goodbye.

A wave will do just fine!

If you hug me please be careful,

Not to touch this face of mine!

I’m sorry if I don’t want to do anything.

I just don’t feel very good

Hearing that must be getting annoying…

I would go out if I could!

I didn’t choose this for myself,

So why do I take all the blame?

When I do almost nothing at all,

It fills me up with shame.

To live day in and day out, 

In such horrific pain, 

Takes strength, courage and faith,

While feeling you may go insane!

JKC

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”