The pain hit me first.
It felt like a massive bowling ball
Rolling.
Rolling.
Rolling.
Down a long
Long lane
Thrown with great force.
Such that I can’t describe.
I watched it journey down the lane
Knowing
That there was no escape.
The ball just kept rolling
Straight toward the pins
Trying to burst me.
To flatten me.
And I watched it
Rolling.
Rolling.
Rolling.
Just wondering how to escape.
And then,
It made contact.
That massive black sphere
Hurdled towards me
And hit me.
Head on.
And I?
I who thought I couldn’t escape?
I who thought it was all over?
I?
I caught the ball.
If anyone figures me out from this one, please let me know you did, and then keep quiet about it. Thanks!
13 comments:
I know that feel, the dread you feel when you know what is coming but don't now how to cope with it but be proud of yourself that you didn't succumb but got on top of it.
one thing i always say when going through this poem with someone else is that in order to catch the ball, it has to hit you.
Yes it hit you but still you caught it, it may have even forced you to bend to catch it but still you didn't let it knock you down. Be proud - you deserve it
I like that idea about catching the ball. It fits well. Can I quote you on it?
smile - thats what i was trying to say. you gotta go through thepain in order to overcome it...
what some others get out of this, is that sometimes we worry so much over what may happen that we don't realize that we have the strength to get through it...
what i meant is that sometimes we need to go through the pain in order to become a stronger person.
scraps - you sure can. :)
Amazing writing, love the metaphor, sorry it was so tough, glad you got through it and got much stronger because of it. I feel the same way with all the challenges I went throught I definitely grew so much. Hashem always gave me the strength and tools to deal just as hashem gives those tools to everyone he gives challenges to, just hard to find the tools in the toolbox, sometimes the toolbox looks so bare and empty.
swfm - may we all be given the strngth to deal with the myriad of chlenges we face.
Now I get you. The wonderful thing is that it is sometimes only years later that we can appreciate why we had to face and go through certain challenges and can appreciate that the developments within ourselves that they brought on and the benefit they bring - bit like the fact that Hashem prepares the refuah before the makka.
I love this...
I wasnt even thinking about catching it..I was thinking..eigther getting bowled over..or moving aside..
and..hey I know..you
Youre the one the bank teller that sent me that bowling ball instead of my receipt..
:-P
smile - yeah, i sure know of that...
david - i know. nobody expects the ending...
and yeah, i got a new job, didn't i tell you?
Very good. Very, very, good.
"what doesn't kill you. makes you stronger"
some pain goes deeper then teh skin, and lasts...
I hope and wish your's is not even skin deap.
jewmaican - thanks...
nuch - well, this was written a while ago, so that pain is quite over, but the message is eternal.
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