This is an older poem but a more descriptive image of and by my sister Martha suffering her Multiple Sclerosis pain. Many suffer from this horrible disease, and I pray a cure can be found.

No Escape

It slithers in as

Snakes mating pain,

Pain entwined,

Breeding this labyrinth of

No escape.

No way out of this writhing mass,

This mass, secreting away Light.

This pain, eating the Light,

Our stars of many colors,

Forced as lanterns for

The rising heads of the serpents, or

Our souls, are they in formation

To defeat the onslaught?

Pain, this confused muddle

In the line of the Fire of the stars,

Blazing through the delirium,

The Light in the void,

The Fire in the pit,

Consuming the venom.

For pain,

No escape.

Copyright © 2017/10/10 Barbara Harris Leonhard @extraordinarysunshineweaver.wordpress.com

Image: “Living in ‘It’” ©Martha Harris (my sister) See Martha’s Artistic Flarings @artisticflarings.blog

12 responses to “No Escape”

  1. Ancient Skies Avatar

    So sorry your sister goes through this! Sending some positive thoughts her way.

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    1. extraordinarysunshineweaver Avatar

      Thank you, my friend! She is so strong I can’t believe it. But things are tougher her.

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      1. marthaflares Avatar

        Thank you, Barb!

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    2. marthaflares Avatar

      Thank you, Ancient Skies!

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  2. rebirthshande Avatar

    Again intense

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    1. extraordinarysunshineweaver Avatar

      It’s about my sister’s struggle with MS. (That’s her in the digital art.) I use a lot of her art to illustrate my poems.

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      1. rebirthshande Avatar

        May god give her and you strength amen

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      2. extraordinarysunshineweaver Avatar

        You’re so sweet! I’ll tell her! ♥️

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      3. rebirthshande Avatar

        I will also pray ok u never know god hears someone

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      4. extraordinarysunshineweaver Avatar

        So true! Thank you, my friend!

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      5. rebirthshande Avatar

        Thank you too dear

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  3. marthaflares Avatar

    Thank you, Rebirthshande!

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