Back to poetry. This one refers to the pain journey. I had no idea the outcome would be as it was. Even I am shocked.

What becomes normal?
Agony and suffering
When do you accept
And when do you say
STOP?
When does normal change?
Why do we accept
Limitations, torment and struggle?
Darkness descends, body and mind.
Weighted.
Pain becomes an object,
A weight lifted
A burden cast aside
As I walk free
Lighter.
[Poem by Melanie Ryding]