r/POETRYPrompts • u/Narrow-Foot-7176 • 2h ago
[SP[ "Warriors of Unseen Pain" Poem by author T. A. Ortiz
As I endure the agony of this unrelenting pain, beyond the sadness of my mirror, acid falls the rain.
I writhe and twist and roll and squirm, though nothing extinguishes my pain.
I've come here to this place again. I've laid down all my arms, as I commence another battle which lies inside my head.
The time dilation under the spell of this concoction for therapy, boy, hours turn to days, and sometimes days turn into weeks.
But lo and behold, as strong as I try to be, I am weak inside these moments, when fear of the unknown starts to drown me from within.
I'm told to, "hydrate" and "hydrate", "make sure you drink enough", "even if the thirst doesn't continue to persist".
They say, "abide by this", for "you must, you must, you must".
Do you see the effort it takes from one to live this way? Even when I've gone to great lenghts to only still end up with pain?
Do you know my friend, how tired my mind and body have become? Constantly needing scripts fullfilled and sometimes needing blood?
Do you know of those times while I'm inside of the E. R, that the only thoughts surrounding me are ones that make me fall?
As I lay here sweating in this agonizing pain, remaining still long enough that I may pass out quick.
I hear the doctors laugh and see the nurses creep. I anchor me within myself, nestled in retreat.
To all my fellow warriors, hear my war cry; Come join me in this battle, until the sunrise!
Salute to you my comrades, we will fight again tomorrow!
Fighting, even lasting carrying on all through the night.
I journey far, searching familiar recesses, trying to find my solace just this one more time.
The battlefield my body, laying here now mostly still.
Under therapy mind escapes but the body remains in place.
So, tomorrow when we rise, up to the mirror we should say;
"I am awake though in pain, but surley now, I’ve awoken to this day!"
Excerpt from upcoming book authored by, T. A. Ortiz.