A Few Effects of Impairment

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A tightening stirs

Immobilizing in pain

The joints frozen—stained

In locations as they were

Before the adjustment came

Constraining incurred

Emblazoned by a whisper

Documented lines

Harboring the fugitive

Corruptions we all possess

Temptation’s window

Opens wider then the jamb

Allows the entrance

Of paralysis, trapping

The frozen center alone

A broken word is

Never different than a lie

Except, a promise

Never can atone aptly

For the distrusting seed sown

Upon barren soil

Ironically weeds find light,

Thriving distractions

To the arthritis within

Where locked you stay, motionless

The spine’s rigid grip

Sinning perpetually,

Protracting rarely

Encompassing all things known

Blanketing your surroundings

In a coal scented

Terror, alone you can feel

Others may suggest,

But they feign recollection

Betraying their ignorance

By indicating such

Knowledge acquired, lies breed

Like the primal flame

Searing a dishonesty

Into this facade flesh wears

Dreams of future live

Not in imagination

But through naïve eyes

For a soul untainted, is

Unquestionably joyful

Hope resides in thought

Connected to times before

When truth was enough

And faith, never burdensome,

But intrinsically sought for

Views of paradise

Can shift spatial boundaries

When grace is allowed

Entrance to your garden path—

Bestowing bounty in bliss

He who is hindered

May find himself limited

The ability

Of harnessing acceptance—

A concentrated skillset

Flexibility

Suffers in disabled hands

Showcasing angles

Too obscure to contemplate,

The many depths fathomed in

Herniated storms

Infect cervical tracts, past,

Physical torment—

And can alter confidence

To obfuscating borders

Misalignment greets

Thoracic mornings early

With destructive grins,

Screaming, writhing, begging for

A semblance of relief

Lumbar’s distressed touch

Violates the cord caressed,

Suppresses motion,

Inhibiting direction—

Fluidity begs for release

Chiropractic dreams,

A return to freedom’s past—

Before the dirge struck,

Therein restricting all thought—

An addiction to those hurt

Manipulation

Freeing compression’s coiling

Alleviating

The constrictive malady

Of nerves compacted by spine

Impairments

Teach effects of pain