Hello dear friend, or should I say foe,

I feel your strong presence again and I wish you would go.

The pain is penetrating me once more straight through my right side.

With every breath in and out, I just want to cry.

A familiar throbbing pulsates from within, 

A scorching hot bottle touching my skin.

Touching and torching every ounce of pain,

But that's the funny thing about endo, it doesn't just fade.

No matter the severity, no matter the strain, 

Codeine, and paracetamol doesn’t just take,

Take the pain away, please deep from within, 

But it just carries on hurting day after day.

And night after night I lay there aware,

Aware of the pain that haunts me once more.

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-19th May 2022.