Pain

Two days ago, I was diagnosed with cervical radiculopathy, or a pinched nerve. The day before I was diagnosed with acute upper respiratory infection. Basically, my neck had succumbed to enough inflammation due to fighting the virus which caused the URI, that an already sensitive nerve was pinched. The pain is hard to articulate. But [...]

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The Way Home- Fall ’94

Suspect of winter, the hopeful spring shields  itself with the business and sweat of summer  while desert sands dance defiantly leaving  crystallized illusions in my mind’s eye,  without protection from the predictable pain. Beneath the confusion of confession drips  the dew rot with healing. An inner balm,  secret, intangible. Cast like colored marbles  from His [...]

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