Dear Pain
A letter of eviction
Dear Pain,
You have overstayed your welcome.
It’s time for you to go.
Nothing more than a nuisance.
Sabotaging my existence
With your dictation of my limitations.
Like a thief, you have stolen so much from me.
Anger and frustration surface
I wince and I curse.
Pleading for your presence to stop
Oh, but you are relentlessly faithful.
I cannot remember a day you weren’t here.
Constantly nagging with your lack of compassion.
I have wallowed so many times in the depths of your despair.
Desperately trying to be free of your burden.
I have trudged through the heaviness of your existence in my world.
My only consolation being that I am still able to trudge at all.
So, with this letter
I bid you farewell.
To finally end this relationship
And rediscover happiness as we go our separate ways.
If only it were that easy.
Sincerely,
Your Unwilling Companion
About the Creator
Heidi McCloskey
I have internally decided that I am a writer. Since that decision was made, the voice in my head has changed. It’s become louder as it begs to be released.
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Comments (5)
Surely this perfectly captures chronic pain 😫
😩oof! I loved/hated the weird uncomfortable feeling I got when you described pain as “relentlessly faithful”, this whole poem just perfectly presents as a terrible relationship. So well done!
🙌😊 Absolutely. Cool message!
well written! I would be very happy if you go read one of my poems
Preach!