CHARLEY HORSE IS NO FRIEND OF MINE
Charley Horse shows up now and then,
But as an uninvited guest.
He really puts a cramp in my life,
He’s a nuisance and a pest.
He arrives without warning,
An ache you can’t ignore.
He can be such a big pain,
And always leaves me sore.
He likes to muscle his way in,
And I spasm in shock.
I end up tense and tight,
With a limp in my walk.
Thankfully, he never stays to long,
Although it’s long enough.
Charley Horse is no friend of mine,
He always treats me rough.
Michael D. Schafer
© August 20, 2017
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Love ya!
Jane
Usually riding my bike home from high school, I quit because of the shame associated with bike writing while other kids were driving their cars. I began to walk the two miles home. One afternoon after track practice, I was asked if I'd like a ride from another student with a car. I obliged and got in the backseat with others. Suddenly, my right thigh seem to get tied in a knot with excruciating pain. Like everyone has said, it went away. I had my first encounter with Charlie Horse.
These days old Charlie Horse visits me almost daily even though I take strong medicine to keep that biting horse away. You might say we have developed a friendship of mutual torturous understanding. I let him live and he lets me.
Ron