Feet at rest

Me and the cats. We are all praying. The sun has just come out. It's amazing the difference a little sun makes

Feet at rest

On a pillow

No pain for now

Me and the cats

Me and the walker

Me and the hospital bed

Me and what seems a plethora

Of pills

Me and so many people

To pray for

While my feet

Are at rest

On a pillow

Me and the cats

And the walker

And the hospital bed

Even maybe the pills

Praying

All of us

In prayer.

We all

Each of us

Offer our prayers

In different ways.

Pain assistance

Caller ID has helped us know what calls to answer.  Most often my beloved answers any call and has conversations with strangers regarding how we might invest our money, or who we will vote for.  Neither one of us has answered the Pain Assistance calls, but curiosity may win out tomorrow.

Since coming home

We have received five calls

From

Pain Assistance.

Caller ID

Is a wonderful thing.

We have not answered

The call

Five times now.

We speculate

About who or what

It might be,

What pain

They mean to address.

We think for now

We will not answer

But perhaps tomorrow

Curiosity may win

We will see then

How we got on their list.

We will see then

What pain

They promise

To address.

My trainer says

Often people come to me and we have an amazing amount in common.  I often wonder how they found me. Then there are those who come to me and I am made aware of things I never knew before.  I think the back pain has been brewing for a couple weeks, but I had learned to ignore it.  Keep walking, the trainer says, Keep walking.  So I am.  So I do.   Sometimes these things happen.

I do not need vicarious back pain

To realize back spasms

Hurt.

I sit with my client

Perched

On the edge

Of her chair.

I awaken

Day two

With back pain.

I am the frozen shoulder girl.

I have a wonky brain.

It registers barometric shifts.

I do not need vicarious back pain.

There are other things

On the resume.

I offer a wealth of experience

From A to Z.

I have not chosen to list

Expertise

In lower back pain.

My trainer says

Sometimes these things happen.
Keep walking.