lie still and wait

vertigospinning

Oct 23

so long at bay, i’d begun to hope

the vertigo would never visit me again

but several times in the last few days

i’ve felt myself teetering

and twice now as i’ve turned

onto my left side, the world

has slithered by again and again

in rapid, sickening rotation

disheartened, i lie still and wait

recurringhere we go again

Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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