In the fall of 2006 the NHF’s Headache Education and Support Group facilitators invited their attendees to submit headache-related poetry. Because interest in this project grew, it was opened up to all who visit the NHF’s web site, as well as those who read NHF HeadLines.
The NHF received a variety of headache-related submissions. We have selected poems, limericks and verse that are relatable to those who suffer with this disease.
We extend our sincere thanks to all who submitted their work.
By Donald R. Adams, Pennsylvania
Pain free. Lord, help me be pain free.
This headache controls me,
Its taken control of my life.
Headache, some say just a headache.
To me also heartache,
It robs me of all joy and all hope.
Chronic, yes it is quite chronic, and relentless,
It’s as sure as night follows day.
Sleep time, oh how I dread sleep time.
For that’s when the throbbing, pounding
Pain begins in my head.
Physicians, most caring physicians,
But they’re not magicians.
They need some help from you Lord.
