Inside Out

by Tina B.

Pain is hard to express,

When invisible to all the rest.

Looking “normal” in every regard,

though my lip feels burnt and charred!

Biting breeze, a clawed up mess,

Wonder if there’s hanging flesh?

I touch my face even though

Electric jolts will shoot I know.

Still I poke, test this pain.

Searching for limits again and again,

Twitching jaw I can’t stand.

I hold it still with my hand,

Praying the leads won’t further move…

When my nerve is in a groove.

Been on all the medication,

Thank my guide for meditation

Doctors are at wits end

Thank my God for my friend’s

The world dosent’t understand this much

Thank ALMIGHTY for healing touch.

I don’t think there IS a cure.

I believe but I’m not sure,

The answer is inside of me.

To accept myself what must be,

Learn to cope and how to react.

When the monster begins to attack,

And pass along, yes need to share.

To hear that another dose care…

To say you’re not alone,

Living in the face pain zone.

Invisible to most but not to “us”

We have been through some incredible stuff