Today's Pain

I want to write about...

joyfulness,

wonder,

and hope,

but today I cope

with the pain,

such a drain.

No sympathies do I seek,

but I must express

the distress

of bodily functions gone awry.

Not alone am I, of course,

but I cannot divorce

myself  from Brother Body

while awake,

there's no break,

save in the Secret Garden

where through breath and mantra

there's no body, no pain.

Blessed with this sacred respite,

I shan't go insane.