100 Naked Words — Day 39
I Can’t Take it Any More
Reflections, Ripples and Ramblings of a Restless Mind
For Migraine Sufferers Everywhere
It’s like someone has tied a knot at the bottom of my neck. As if an invisible hand is gently but firmly pushing down on my skull, causing my spine to compact; I have a persistent urge to stretch and squeeze the dull, stiff pain away. But it never goes.
It’s like part of my head has been sabotaged, this pushing, prodding pressure that pulsates without respite. It pervades my consciousness, stops me from even attempting to think clearly.
Light is the enemy, noise its thuggish compatriot. Even the subtlest change in their presence is like a flash-bang to my overwhelmed senses. They are invaders, infidels in the holy land of my mind.
It is like my cranium is being cut short of breath, my brain is being water boarded. Like my soul is being denied entry across my own border.
I only feel the pain, its venomous sting piercing the back of my eyeballs. They are parched, raw and wretched.
I cannot dull it, I must endure it. I’ve been here too often before to hope otherwise.
There is only the sweet succour of silence and the deliverance of darkness.
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