one thousand stinging spines <br />creeping upward from inside <br />crawling along my spinal cord <br />up the small of my back <br />spreading into my muscles <br />taking over my shoulders <br />eyes roll back <br />u n c o n c i o u s n e s s <br />shaking starts <br />violent and beyond control <br />vomit <br />and the pain is gone <br />and i am back<br /><br />Claire nc Castachino<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/epilepsy/
