C Pain Panic Poem by Jonathan ROBIN

Pain!
Pain burst as fire-ball flash sheered synapses, struck hurt brain.
which somehow knew to spring the nerves' defences too.
System, unprepared, caught sharp blowtorch scorch. Whiplash reign,
unreined in, under pressure from cooked books, stalled: run through.
left little leeway to cushion percussion harm, calm recall
balm rediscover, offer overall redemption from long haul bawl.
Mind attempted to recoil, retain control, spin role-reversal, autonomy maintain.
Jar triggered ter[r]a volt terror bolt from out the blue
pain's reign again exploding,
coding scarlet through and through.
Initial shock hit rock bottom, harsh trouncing
failed, as deceit dealt double blow defeating
self-confidence at first. Then, hope rebouncing
from injury and sorrow self- depleting,
retook resolved, solved complications, renouncing.
self-pity, dark abyss. The mind, completing
metamorphosis found joy announcing
pain's door revolving. Bitter, defender bit
biter, by misdeeds burned, returned to sender, hit
out at all injustice, refusing to submit to pain!

(1 December 1991 revised 12 December 2010)