Kidney Stone
By Anonymous
In full force I lie here rocking with stones
Arrows shot from my kidney to shatter my bones
I cringe and I writhe from these bastardly things
Break my flesh and my spirit at their jagged-edged sting
Though hospitals, drugs and doctors galore
I just keep on getting them; more after more
This too shall pass, I say, knowing they will
But tomorrow another stone, pain driving me ill
The thorn in my side, this cutting-sharp rock
The curse of this torment, my life’s dreary walk
I’d go to work stoned, but never be high
I make the nurse laugh as she pokes my bruised thigh
The ultrasound looks like the polka-dot door
Connect all the dots, but soon there’ll be more
It is my burden to carry as I deal with this pain
But if I had my way, they’d not come again
Kidney stones really bite…
