Biographical Poetry posted January 31, 2015 Chapters:  ...92 93 -94- 95... 


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8-6 Quatrains

A chapter in the book Family

Between the Words

by Treischel



I hear it in my loved one's voice.
It's there between the words;
The pauses and the subtle choice
Of grunts reduced by thirds.

She tries to hide the pain inside
When pressure in her back's applied.
But still, the symptoms show,
And they will let me know.



I read between the words; the signs,
The pauses, and the quiver;
The grimace and the stressful lines
That show up whenever......

I pray to Holy God each day,
The pain will go away.
But it still seems to linger on,
No matter what I say.

So, she can only continue
To keep the senses blurred.
Hope to stop what she's going through,
While
Reading between the words



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My wife, Karen, suffers from severe chronic backpain. We've tried everything from heavy drugs, to pain clinics, to specialized back exercises, to several surgeries. Nothing works. She usually wakes up OK. but as the day goes on, it gets worse and worse. I usually can tell by the quiver in her voice when its really bad. She tries to hide it from me as long as possible, but I can tell. I love her and wish there was something I could do. She is trying to live with it. This poem is about that moment when I know she is suffering too much.

This poem is written in simple Quatrains with an 8-6 meter and abab rhyme scheme.

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