Everything Heals
Tapped this out, popping pills, drinking too much, sitting on memory foam, hoping to hell my butt pain won't make me the butt of life's joke. Doing whatever it takes.
Everything heals.
Sometimes it takes a day
sometimes a week and for some
it can take most of a lifetime
but it will eventually heal.
Everything heals.
Sometimes it takes a bottle
sometimes a hundred bottles
needles, meditation, joining a monastery
but eventually
it will heal.
I’m not making light of
what ails you.
Not me. I know suffering.
I’m not a Buddhist but
I’ve done my share of bending
against the laws of the universe.
So bear with me.
I know you are hurting.
Hurting like an albatross with a broken wing.
Aching like a country song never sung.
Suffering like someone whose never
tasted the fruits of their own labor
or whose dreams have turned against them.
I hear you.
I sympathize.
But it’ll heal.
Your stocks will go up.
That pain in your butt with shut up.
The door will close and you’ll
have some peace and quiet
until it is time for
the healing to begin again.
It’s how it is
this pendulum of pain and paradise
the tragic and profane
we swing upon and must
help find balance
and you
you, are there just for the ride
to do the math so
it all adds up.
So hang in there.
Do whatever it takes to come out
the other end.
Life was not made to just enjoy.
It was also made to endure.
Oh it is kind of what Nietzsche said long ago about why we moan with a tooth ache. It doesn't help the pain at all but it allows us to share our suffering ... and that helps some too. Everything heals.
You're able to endure and continue to be creative. That's great! I hope your injury heals soon.