Extent: Reaching for Relief

Ah, at last I saw
The source of this latest pain,
As the lightening flashed
And then came the rain!

My aches and pains
Predict the weather
And so I should have guessed
This storm was coming together,

In the meantime,
I’ve had to resort
To pills I rarely use,
A muscle relaxant is what I chose,

To relax my shoulders
And my legs
And hopefully
This will bring relief

But while I waited,
I listened to the news,
From around the world
On the BBC World Service,

It’s not exactly
Meditation, I know
But it engaged my mind
On something else,

Forgetting about
My problems and woes,
By focusing on what else
Is happening in the world

And after a while,
The medication began to work
And I could move and stretch
With much less discomfort
And then, at last, go off to bed.