Life Laughed and Gave Me a Toothache

Growing pains, life unfurling

Wisdom tooth. I don’t like it

She said I’ll have to get it extracted

Some day or the other

When the pain is too much to bear

I don’t get it. I don’t understand

I want to be left alone

Life is too painful already

But this pain is here now

Here to stay

And I don’t know what to do with it

Tooth extraction terrifies me

Childhood memories

Milk teeth. My parents. Tears. Ice cream.

Teary-eyed tonight

I’m not a kid anymore, I know

But all I want is no pain and more ice cream

Pain is getting worse with each passing minute

I don’t know whether these words are helping me escape it

Or making it worse

I’m not a kid anymore. Everything has changed

But tonight I feel like nothing has changed

The years went by too slowly and too quickly

Time is confusing

I’m not sure whether I want to go back to the past

Or skip to the future

But tonight is all I have

This moment, this unbearable pain, this silly poem

Growing pains. I want to scream.

I’ve run out of ice cream

I wanted to tell my dentist my honest thoughts about teeth

Maybe I’ll write about it someday, maybe not

I told my therapist that I need healthy coping mechanisms

I think writing is one

At least I’m not crying anymore

I’ll buy more ice cream tomorrow

I’ll tell everyone about my pain

Let them be sick of it

I’m sick of it, too

Okay, I’ll keep it to myself

I won’t bother anyone much

Except for a few people

Life is funny. I don’t get it

I was finally doing better

I thought I had unlocked happiness

Life laughed and gifted me a toothache

Happiness is far out of reach once again

I have nothing figured out

I’ll try to sleep

I hope there are no nightmares

Life, please be kind to me

Thank you for wisdom teeth.

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