sick days

numbing, a tylenol on a rough afternoon

small and inconsequential, seemingly

eyes shut tightly, ruefully 

dull, awful pains. . enduring, somehow

it feels like forever now,

but it's these days that you never remember

mind filled with displeasure

you hate taking sick days

still, there's someone with a careful gaze

you don't want to feel their salty tears

so you stay in bed, wrapped in their cares

aches don't seem so bad when there are warm hands

Author's Note

Pardon the nonsense.

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[Relic]

Knowing someone is there makes being sick a little bit better. It's the caring part that acts like medicine itself.