Category: Poem

SHE….being invincible in pain

On By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In chronic illness, chronic pain, Poem18 Comments

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My lovely girl drew this image for me of our pain, different for us both but with the same underlying genetic cause, and these words by poet Ariana Dancu seemed to fit perfectly in rising above the flames of pain.

It has been a tricky week as the family visited my husband’s parents,  but I was too unwell, sporting a chronic dislocation & increased pain, to make the long car journey.  Instead I remained at home where I was able to relax, stay in my PJs and binge watch Netflix, but had to rely on my parents to look after me.  Talk about feeling like a teenager again……

Lucy’s picture really depicts how my different pains have been all consuming this week….and yes, I am still sporting a snazzy velcro sling!  Hopefully there will be a real post tomorrow!

Today, You beat Me

On By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In chronic illness, chronic pain, Invisible illness, Poem13 Comments

Today, You beat me,

I woke with You again

Wrapped about my back like a lover,

Pulling at my limbs

My shoulders splayed

My joints pulled with gravity.

 

Today, You never let up.

I tried to lose You

But You brashly force out the monster,

The worst version of myself

Cross and bitter,

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Today, You rob me.

My time is destroyed,

I cannot sit and idle in peace

For my body betrays me,

As you are with me

Within, trapping me.

 

Today, You beat me.

My body is weakened

And tears have fallen as spirit breaks.

So, so tired, no way back

I am bereft.

Pain, You have won.

 

Claire Saul

 

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I May Not Look Ill – Poem About Living With Chronic Pain

On By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In chronic pain, PoemLeave a comment

I May Not Look Ill – Everyone needs to read this heart felt poem written by a man suffering with chronic pain. Please share!

Source: I May Not Look Ill – Poem About Living With Chronic Pain

In memory…..Do you remember?

On By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In PoemLeave a comment

A short post following a tough week – the gunning down of innocent lives in Orlando, the thuggish behaviour of football fans at the Euros from a variety of nations,  2 young contestants from TV talent shows gunned down in separate incidents in USA, the stabbing & shooting of a young mother who happened to be a Member of Parliament.  Our own problems suddenly swing sharply back into focus – maybe this dislocated shoulder that I’m nursing isn’t so bad afterall, or the pain at my implant site, or the falls & faints.

So many young lives have actually been lost over the past days, and many more are blighted by chronic illness – I want to share this poem that I wrote for a close friend who died young.  I hope that the sentiments will resonate for the lives we have lost, including Jo Cox, Christina Grimmie, Mexican  Jano Fuentes & the 50 in Orlando nightclub Pulse, and also the lives struggling to come to terms with chronic illness, whilst remembering the lives that they have also lost.

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Please share and remember.

A full post next time!