Waking up, not ready for the show

Enter stage right, the pain

Pop another pill, take another hit

Sinking slowly into the fog

The pleasant numbness gradually fills

Slowly flowing into her limbs

Deadening the all-encompassing pain

That overwhelms her days

Movements slow and lumbering

She goes through the motions

Pretending to function like the masses

Feeling flat, yet fabricating emotions 

Incessantly saying the words,”I’m fine”

The only thing to break through the fog is the pain

Of course it is

The never-ending, all-encompassing pain

Popping another pill in an attempt to disrupt that pain

Gradually burning from the inside out 

Needing to extinguish that ever-present fire in her face

Wishing she had the will of even a quarter of that damn domineering pain

The fight is seemingly futile

Vaping drops a transparent blanket over the pain

She can still see the pain, find its pulse, yet it is as if she were on the outside, looking in

Witnessing her pain from a removed stance

Her brain won’t stop, won’t shutdown

She can analyze until the sunrises

With inadequate sleep, the pain escalates

Pop another pill, take another hit

Call forth the numbness and enter the faker

She’s needed for her daily role 

Take a bow

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.”

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