Post-operative

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. Byron

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Pain scrapes
at my nerves
leaves me in tatters
feeling sore,
disassociated,
so weird.

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Screaming inside
yet thankfully alive
trying to hide the pain
from my loved ones
and the medics.
I really wanna get out of here.

Gritting my teeth
no analgesic relief
so on and on
even till the Finnegans wake
and I can sleep.