photophobia

Eyes open too wide
Bright burning sun, eyes closed, seeing red
Colors bleached out, muted

Sandy eyes, dry, bloodshot
Pupils confused
Pain lurking behind eyelashes

Facial tension
Skin too tight, fragile skull
Crows clawing eyes

Migraine
Frying my brain

headache poetry contest winners announced

The 2008 Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest winners have been announced over at MMC, and I am very excited to announce that my poem won third place!

Teri Robert's announcement can be found here, which links to all of the winners and honorable mentions, as well as all of the poems submitted this year.

I encourage you to check them out - there were some great entries this year!