An Ache Once More…


Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in time, when this blog went by a different name using the old Misty Look theme (well, July 2011, but considering this blog only started in 2010 it’s almost as waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back as one can go!) I posted this as I had a particularly bad knee that day.

I haven’t got a bad knee today, but thought it would be nice to dust the cobwebs off this old post and send it out into the wide weird web once again.

For those who may be interested, I think the rhyme worked as I don’t remember the knee aching since. Everywhere else, yes, but not the knee…

I proudly present β€œOde to an aching knee”

Oh, knee, I ask thee why must thou throb
Whence I stand and walk or hobble
’Tis fine whilst seated and after several steps
So why must thou caust me trouble?

A heat you bring within my leg
A warmth that’s not so fair
Whence I happen perchance to walk
A steppe or two from here to over there

I ask thee knee, nay I beg of thee,
To help me on my way
I have no need for thee to throb,
So take thy pain away.

Oh, knee, kind knee, strong knee of mine,
I’m grateful for thy support
You’re part of me so you must know
The pain that brought these thoughts

My mind it says the pain has gone
My mind says this is true
My body agrees and all is well
Apart from the throb from you.

15 responses to “An Ache Once More…”

  1. rugby843 avatar

    I guess it worked! I also talk to various extremities, usually my hands when they don’t cooperate.

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    1. Tom avatar

      I think they listen, Cheryl.
      They most probably don’t act, but I’m sure they listen…!

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  2. joylennick avatar

    Very good! I can imagine many people nodding and agreeing with your apt poem! Cheers.

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    1. Tom avatar

      Thanks Joy.
      The things we have to do! πŸ˜€

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  3. Elaine avatar

    Lol, I love this! You are a bit of an enigma to me Tom. Sometimes I think your young and then other times I think your much older than you probably are. πŸ€”

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    1. Tom avatar

      Hehehe! πŸ˜€ Moi? Enigmatic??? πŸ˜€
      Elaine, I haven’t aged a day since I was 24. Sometimes, I too think I’m young… and other days I feel much older than I probably should be. πŸ˜€
      And thank you. (It’s the creating that keeps me young, don’t you know. Well that, and the Elixir of Youth I have stashed in a bottle under the sink in the Kitchen!)

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  4. -Eugenia avatar

    I can relate to this poem! πŸ™‚

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    1. Tom avatar

      Ouch!
      Eugenia… here’s to GOOD KNEES! πŸ˜€

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  5. Claire avatar

    This perfectly sums up my knees after a few hours on the allotment. I also talk to them but I don’t think they listen πŸ˜‚

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    1. Tom avatar

      Hehehe.
      They do listen, Claire. They pretend not to notice, but they listen!

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      1. Claire avatar

        Like children πŸ˜‚

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        1. Tom avatar

          Oh yes…!

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  6. prenin avatar

    Been there Tom! πŸ™‚ ❀

    These days it is usually my hips, but Volterol is a God Send!!! πŸ™‚ ❀

    Blessed Be!!! πŸ™‚ ❀

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom avatar

      I’ve been using Tiger Balm, Prenin. Smells lovely.
      Volterol is the next stage up! πŸ˜€

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