"The Pain Crisis Acronym" - September 7, 2010

S is for the slave I often feel to my own body.
I is for the insomnia the pain can cause.
C is for all cancelations I’ve had to make at your appearance.
K is for the invisible knives I feel stabbing my body.
L is for laziness I’m accused of having.
E is for the exhaustion I sometimes feel from your presence.

C is for the Church you make me miss.
E is for the end I know eventually will come.
L is for the length of time I have to wait between dosages of my painkillers.
L is for the longing I have for the resurrection.

P is for the pain that dulls my mind and life.
A is for the agony people discount.
I is for the irritability that I fight.
N is for the nothing I can do when you strike.

C is for the constant threat of reoccurrence that hovers overhead.
R is for your return I know will inevitably come.
I is for the inactivity you force upon me.
S is for the solitude I often feel.
I is for the ineffectiveness of the painkillers I take.
S is for the storm you are that I simply must wait out.