I have had tinnitus for twenty-four years
Sometimes in four-part harmony
A cricket choir backed up by an orchestra
Playing The Song That Never Ends
Ants crawl up and down my legs
Cannot reach them with my hands
Maybe with a fly swatter
I can whack the annoying tingles
An army of mosquitos
assault my feet 24/7
Itches I cannot scratch
Driving me to . . .
Neuropathy has a mind of its own
Completely out of my control
My body’s neurons and my brain
Strangers to one another.
Nothing eases the misery
Maxed out on medications
Wondering if my prescriptions
Are bug enablers.
But my tens machine
Shocks the nerves in my feet
Baffling the mosquito sensations
Ah, relief
I don’t mind
I am quite used to it
Sometimes when I wake up
Silence greets me
No tinnitus, just a lovely quiet day.
Nancy Jean Walker - Loving Life Fully 
Wow. Powerful imagery!
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Thank you. Easy to do because I suffer from all three. 🙂
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Hi Nancy, what a creative poem! Just so lovely to see your humour and fun at those times… hope your book is coming along fine. ❤
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Thank you, Iris. I am finally finished and ready to publish. So happy about that! ❤
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That’s wonderful to know, Nancy. All the best in publishing your ebook! Shall look forward to purchasing it… from Smashwords, right? 🙂
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No, I am self-publishing on Amazon. Paperback and Kindle 🙂
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I love your sense of humor, Nancy. I have often wondered if mosquitoes have any purpose other than to annoy us! Here’s to more quiet days! 🙂
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Thank you, Ally! 🙂 Lol It feels just like mosquitos constantly biting my feet. Nasty creatures. It’s quiet today. Yay! ❤
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Well done – sucks that this is reality. I get the bug bite sensations too – swear i’m being bitten over and over, but of course, I never am. Kudos to you on your book!
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Ah, so you know exactly what I mean. Thank you. ❤
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