A Write to Overcome!

 A WRITE TO OVERCOME! *

An all encompassing hollow ache

resonates with nauseating discomfort;

both mind and body scream aloud,

enforcing tears upon an erstwhile stoic frame.

No knowledge can determine

whether these tears, yelled expletives

or vocalized profanities,

none of which were hoped for,

can proffer relief. The question stands

unanswered, by any reasoned response,

how best to cope with the inexplicable,

opioid defying, prolonged aching pain;

there is no where

or way to turn,

one simply endures

until the next reprieve.

Malcolm Evison

15 – 03 - 18

*also a RITE and/or a RIGHT but firstly the WRITE is for a purpose

ACCORDION - Illustrated Poem

burdock

burdock

the gnawing pain

increases its intensity

in elbows, wrists and knees,

adheres to despondency

like burdock

to coarse clothing

and I, the bystander,

can only stare

into a void of despair

observe

my own decay -

words fail to proffer hope

they only weave

a crude blanket

around an emptiness

which only faith

can fill

Malcolm Evison

13 October 2016

RESTLESS NIGHT - Illustrated Poem

Restless - Illustrated Poem

Although I published the text only version of this poem earlier in the year, I am now posting this illustrated version as the poem seems to reflect my most recent post on 'The Word of Sinna Luvva' -


A CRY of SELF-PITY – an ATTEMPT to EXORCISE the PAIN

RESTLESS

RESTLESS

shattered but even so

muscle mind and bloated

intestines resist

the urge to sleep

each yawn stifled

by fear

of what new ailment

will inhabit this aching

hulk of flesh skin and bones

should my defences fail

discomfort is all

both yielding and resisting

sup far too deeply

on a scarce reserve

of stamina

Malcolm Evison

00.35 18 March 2016