Migraine Inspiration

Each of us is already a Migraine superhero. Like every great superhero, we fight a powerful enemy every day. It's called Migraine.
Migraine and Headache Poetry

The sun once my warm bright friend Now is viewed only from behind dark glasses, My eyes are but slits, trying to deal with the ever present glare of ever present  bouncing light, Everyday noise is now a booming thunderstorm in my head, Why is everyone talking and moving aboutRead More →
Migraine and Headache Poetry

Driving along On a beautiful day Errands to run Things to say Out of the blue Demons take flight Crushing my head With all their might Pressure builds in my skull Life becomes dull Wanting to cry Knowing the price is too high Rushing home to bed Putting ice onRead More →
Migraine and Headache Poetry

Orchestrated agony performs inside my head peaks of screaming terror lows of crying dread. Strumming through it’s symphony, plucking out it’s pain distorting fugues of agony that climbs and dives… and then… fades into a softness of suicidal whispers. © 2001, Marie McCann   An entry from the Putting OurRead More →
Migraine and Headache Poetry

When I look into their faces.. Their first question to me “Why?” If your head hurts this bad.. “Mommy will you die?” Can we play a game.. Or “please read me a book.” And then their smiles fade… When I give them That Look… Yes, I have another migraine… AndRead More →
Migraine and Headache Poetry

6:30 am Saturday morning standing in the bathroom my sweet kitty weaving through my legs as I throw up water into the toilet and I avoid looking at the sunshine outside good thing I didn’t try to eat breakfast a beautiful day for drawing the shades turning off the phoneRead More →
Migraine and Headache Poetry

I remember the day that they first hit, I was playing with friends, and just had to sit. I remember the moment, and how the next one starts, and how my only relief is found in the dark- I end up crying and wrenching with pain.. Always left wondering ifRead More →
Migraine and Headache Poetry

The pain engulfs me Deeper and deeper I fall This trance becomes a way of life I can lie without blinking an eye And I smile, yet inside I am dying Why let on I am fading away? I once was vibrant…full of life Now black and white, I sit,Read More →
Migraine and Headache Poetry

The jackhammers are at it again. Pulverizing, grinding, They tear gaping holes in my cranium, make Crumbling ruins of my temples, Churn my insides like loose gravel, Scatter me in little pieces like so much rock debris. Three days the misery has gone on, And still there is no endRead More →