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A Jail Cell of Pain

Kim Buck

The bed. Her cot.
The bedroom. Her jail cell.
But at least there’s Wi-Fi.
She didn’t see this coming.
32 years old and needing back surgery.
Losing her job and spending 6 months in her cell, waiting for relief.
And then, one day, relief came.
An implant in her body to stave off the pain.
She left her cot and walked.
She walked until she couldn’t walk anymore.
Freedom had finally come.
Then it came back.
The pain.
She must have walked too far and brought it back.
So back to her cot in her cell for now.
This dammed cell, she thought.
One day soon she’ll be free again.
She tasted it, smelled it, and experienced it.
It’s out there, the world.
It’s waiting for her.
And soon she’ll see it again.
Soon she’ll walk on the grass by the lake again.
Soon she’ll do what she wants and needs to do.
Her focus on her goal to walk again.
Her memory of that beautiful lake.
Her knowledge that rest is what she needs now.
It will lead her back to health.
And out of this jail cell of pain.
She just has to wait.
Wait.

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