nursing the wound

the right amount of

unscheduled physical pain,

can drive the mind to an acute

focus---

it can make the need to

survive,

so vital &

so present,

that all else is blocked out,

as if staring into the sun,

as if the world just burnt away on its own &

all that was essential for

your own existence,

was that you & you alone

get

through

this---

and the feeling is so much more powerful

when there is no one to help,

when the “proper” aid which might come to

others,

just isn’t there for you---

so that you may learn more about yourself,

so that you might be lucky enough to realize

just how insignificant it all is &

how getting through this

will make you

stronger---

having overcome a goal for the body to chalk up

to one more notch in

evolution’s belt.