I've Started Writing Poetry to Handle My Chronic Pain and Anxiety
Photo by Karim MANJRA
It’s helping, too.
I’ve been focusing a lot more inward lately, writing poetry to help with my chronic pain and anxiety. I thought I'd share a few with you, to see if it helps. Here are 8 of my latest poems. I would love to hear what you think of them—please comment below!
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Living with chronic pain
is like driving a car
with the check engine light on
forever.
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Tomorrow you can be what you want
Today you are enough as you are
Tomorrow you can thrive
Today, my friend, you just survive.
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Some days you just get through
Don't be bitter about them
For they are the ones that get you to live.
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The difference between
a good decision
and a bad one
is a few deep breaths.
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Winter's pain do remember
in every summer
Summer's joy do treasure
in every winter.
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a drizzle for you
a hurricane for me
you don't even notice
while i crumble to pieces
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nothing to do
nowhere to go
you are here
this is everything
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When hope seeps out
Hold on to your will
Renuka Dhinakaran is a burned out international lawyer & mother with Fibromyalgia and anxiety. After a near-death experience, she took a step back from her law practice and is now trying to re-discover her identity.
She writes on her blog about living with these conditions. Poetry helps her process her pain and anxiety. Renuka lives in The Randstad, Netherlands.
