Sophia Wilson
New Zealand

a ghost shrieks at the window,
threatens to break through,
shatter eye-cover.

throbbing fingers infiltrate
soft crevices;
neuronal mass pulsates.

knife twists, gristle-turning;
stoat gnaw,
rat’s claw.

mind summersaults to
snap-trap pain,
can’t let go its axon’s branch.

cerebral crevices convolute;
razors
replace thoughts.

vessel spasm,
vision tremble;
light jars, sound breaks,

eye inverts and
nausea heaves
like tidal rise.

intention leacher,
sight imploder,
plan thwarter, work blighter.

half the head is sucker-punched
while its counterpart
bears witness.

we talk of duration in days
and hours, but
hell is measured in aeons.

(Migraine>>hēmi-kranion=half-skull)