Dizzy. My thoughts turned to hot flashes as well as several other symptoms of menopause that I now deal with at a somewhat early age. My symptoms made themselves known around seven to ten years ago, so while I am ‘used’ to it, I’m still not used to it. I truly believe that this feat may be quite the impossibility, but somehow you learn to live with it I guess because you actually have no choice as it is a part of life…which can be cruel at times…but like many other life changes that are much worse than what is natural, we still deal with it.
This poem can be read in several different ways ie., reading the entire poem at once, or reading only the first lines, or reading only the second lines. I used hot flashes as my muse, but the words as you’ll see will take on their own meaning for each reader such as any type of disorder that causes dizziness (as in my easily triggered but slight vertigo attacks), but also along the lines of emotions. Anyway, I hope you like it!
I felt so dizzy
that night
The burning heat inside
was just too much
Incontinent
this time
I tried
my best
Apparently
to no avail
Struggling
to call for help
But forced silence prevented
the words
Sadly, helplessly
they never escaped
Parched lips slightly apart
nothing being said
With only shallow labored breath
darkness as an envelopment
Like the waves of the sea
began to rise up
Before my very eyes
despite the cup of coolness
Beholden by another
through all attempts to quench
My flame
it blazed on
Continually
as if there were no aid
Calling a cease-fire
nevertheless
It went unheard
I was felled
By the black sword of darkness
into nowhere
This was the aftermath
in the midst of true fear
For all
that I
Would be no more but
suddenly, softly
Comes the light
returning to life
Again; I am
graciously…
Thankfully…
Conscious
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- The Truth about Menopause (expertscolumn.com)
- Menieres and Me (joolsdunn.wordpress.com)
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