Treasures Along the Way

Hello there, Mr. Pain
Here you are again

You’ve been very persistent lately
you seem to have increased greatly

You’ve been around a very long time
I don’t want to call you mine

You always have my attention
oh, and your name is easy to mention

Trying to rise above your knocking,
throbbing, bombing and barking

I try to address your needs
Looking for any informative leads

Or I can invite you to please go away
I’d be so happy for a pain-free day

What else do I need to do?
What is this deep problem with you?

I research, study, apply and try
to use my diligent, detective eye-

for finding important clues for relief
hanging on to my hopeful belief

I don’t mean to offend your sensibilities
But we have serious incompatibilities

Your presence rising to this high level
Makes me a bit like a boiling kettle

Taking my breath away with such intensity
makes my nerves claim their own identity

It’s all too much to handle
My brain is in such a scramble

I’m open to learning what you need me to
So far I’m waiting for any clue

I’m ready always to be the willing student
I’m known in some circles to be quite prudent

But now, confused, overwhelmed and baffled
every bone, muscle and fiber rattled

With your constant screaming in my whole body
Thus becoming floppy, quaggy, cloggy, soggy!

Oh, Mr. Pain, please go away for awhile at least
Could I be released? Could you cease or decrease?

I would so love to help you on your way
Hopefully you can find somewhere else to stay

Maybe I am missing the point of your existence
your constant insistence and persistence?

Maybe you have some higher purpose I don’t see
Some deeper meaning to set me free

Until that revelatory day
I hope to learn what you’re trying to say

I am weary of your nagging on my nerves and bones
That often feel like they’ve turned to stone

Weary and ready to divorce from you
It won’t make me the least bit blue

Shall we say goodbye, farewell?
I’m certainly ready to stop this hell

Adios, cheerio, toodle-oo
So long, sayonara, bye-bye, ADIEU!

Written with a chuckle and a smile to lighten the load as I hang on like the kitten here:) - by Becky Hull

January 22, 2024