A toothache that isn’t, teeth are all sound,
by X-rays or scans the pain can’t be found.
All that remains is the vein out of place
pressing on the nerve that leads to my face.
Just wanting a kiss, but getting instead
electric shock, stabbing, stilling my head.
Unable to eat, talk or to drink
becomes impossible even to think.
The problem inside a head too stressed.
Yet more pills taken; how much will arrest
the sensitive trigger? More dulls the pain,
but sleep and nausea swamping the brain.
Busy at work, I try to remember
the task given me by a team member.
Struggling and frustrated, I reach for a hand
But finding instead, retirement unplanned.
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