It has been a brutal migraine season with these rather lovely winter days but dramatic shifts in barometric pressure. And so it has inspired some migraine art from me today. It has been a bit tricky to do any drawing with this damned vertigo but occasionally I can work on something over a few days.… Continue reading Migraine Artwork
I'm a disabled writer. I have mentioned it. I have fibromyalgia, chronic migraine with aura and chronic vertigo. So I have to write at peak times before the dizziness gets severe from the vestibular disorder. But, pain, is another thing altogether. It fluctuates. And varies. And then smacks you up side the head and you… Continue reading The Migraine Attack
The line is about chronic pain and suicidal ideation that comes with it. That is the line... thoughts of suicide. I wrote it after I wasn't having problems with it anymore. When I could think about it more clearly than being so sunk in it. The line When the lightning lit Snaking the pain through… Continue reading Poem: The line
I have a migraine poem for you guys today. Wrote when I was having a migraine, which isn't that astonishing as I get them practically every day. I Tried Butterbur and Pie I tried ice And everything nice. I tried magnesium oil And a hat of aluminum foil. I tried every supplement known to… Continue reading Poem: I Tried Butterbur and Pie
That Which Lurks Within I carry dark things within me They lurk and hover out of sight I carry dark things within me And then within me ignite Pulsating agony within me Pain that slumbers, twists and turns; Pulsating agony within me Wakes and claws and burns. I cannot shed this weight within me,… Continue reading A few poems I wrote lately
I don't often write poetry. It isn't really a form I am well versed in. But I participate every year in a migraine poetry contest. It is just for fun and to raise awareness about migraines. So for that reason, I write poetry. One of my entries called "Dancing on the Dagger’s Edge" won last… Continue reading Some migraine poetry
The Wyrd 