Saturday, January 23, 2016

Haibun

                                                    
                                                          MIGRAINE          
  
It comes on quickly. Pain above my eyes. Intense. Sharp. Carving my head into splinters. Producing nausea. Swallow a couple of pills. Retreat to a darkened room, a cold cloth on my forehead.  Breathe. Concentrate on nothing else. Just breathe.
 
                                                         shooting stars
                                                         watching with held breath
                                                         I forget to wish
 
WORLD HAIKU REVIEW, Jan. 2014
 

5 comments:

Gillena Cox said...

pain is absorbing, its quite understandable, thanks for sharing this very special haibun

much love...

janetld said...

Wow, very effectively written - the prose and the haiku with it.

Adelaide said...

Thanks Gillena and Janet. Fortunately, it's been years since I've had any kind of a headache. Now I have arthritis pain, but not headaches. Funny, how the body changes.

Adelaide

Magyar said...

such noise
as the shooting stars collide
ear muffs

Ahhh... a quiet room!
__So glad your headaches have sailed away; I'm only 73, but my arthritis too, seems to be mooring deeply.
__Nifty haibun, too much pain to remember the wish, to avoid the pain_! _m

Adelaide said...

Thanks for stopping by and for your haiku.
Stay well.

Adelaide