Ingrown Toenail

A poem from 2017

This was all down to me

Through laziness, through ignorance

Through my own deliberate fault

Cutting in

Causing pain

Inflamed senses

Blood, no guts

Oozing badness

Defiant but bowed

Why oh why?

I could have done things better

I could have relieved the pressure

I could have looked after myself

Though in part this is just my nature

Jumping in at the deep end

Wash me well with water and the word

Change me from within

Remove the stony heart and replace it with a heart of flesh

Heal me gently

Teach me in your humility

Conform me to your nature

Remove the root of bitterness

And do not break this poor man down

The pain, so intense

Make me numb

I can't take it

This infection within me

Remove it, please

Drain away the evil

I look to you because I've let it get so bad and can't do this on my own!