Elucidating Questions

I wish I could properly describe the pain

Make you feel it too just for moment

The feeling of having someone pulling your muscles off

The feeling of someone taking hold of you and squeezing as hard as they can

Thousands of tiny needles traveling up and down the arms and legs

My leg giving out as I’m walking

I wish I could describe the feeling

Of something desperately clawing its way out of my body

Of a sharp knife plunging in

I wish I could describe the pain

So you could feel it too

And then maybe you’d understand

When I say “it hurts”

What it actually means