What does pain feel like?

The dull ache of the heart or

The knotting of the stomach or

Unending tears

Pain feels like a memory is trapped in the chest

Like chaos buzzing in the cells.

Like the brain is a film reel of the past

The mind is a never-ending spiral (turtles all the way down)

What does hope feel like? (The thing with feathers)

A single glimmer of light

A small sparkle

A flame that may dim all the way down

But never goes out

AP 1/4/20

*Turtles all the way Down references the title of a John Green novel

*”Hope is the thing with feathers” comes from Emily Dickinson