Stubbing your toe

As you stub your toe
Against the oven
While carrying the cutting board
Or chopped onions 
To be dumped into the pan
There is an eyes-closed instant 
Cringing 
While you wait
For the pain to travel 
From the nerves in your toe
To your brain 
When you’ll find out
How bad
You really stubbed it 

December 20, 2021 at 10:44AM