a space to think

Chronic pain

So strange to have known pain for a decade

And, for it to, overnight, disappear

Gone - lost - I can barely remember how it felt

Any attempt to remember (it was a pinch? a...sear?)

Leads me back to what I feel, right now

The body wants to settle in the now

To celebrate what it feels

To move - and immediately, enjoy

Even in pain, the pain was all it could think of

What a joy, now, for it to be free