A Sunday Seattle Morning

Just out my window
Watching this December rain
I finish my tea

I woke early this morning fighting a migraine. The daggers in my skull have been dulled, but the mental fog and inability to focus remain. The grey, rainy skies seem to fit perfectly with my state of being.

This Migraine 

Peeling back my skull
Pressure ripping through the bone
Pain drives, can’t focus

Migraines 

tightness in my neck 

pain radiating outwards 

migraine’s misery 

Migraine’s Doom

The pain
   Is all
     That I
    Am

Migraineur

So begins doom
Tendons within the neck
Pulled, slowly, growing
Into ferocity, mercy unknown.
Powerless, collapsing within.

Seeking, simply, to continue
To exist upon the other side.
Survival, sometimes, a worthy
Goal.