Chronic Pain
by Helen E. Doty

I have been living with chronic pain all my adult life. I’ve never been able to adequately describe how it actually feels. The images on this collage start off a little bit.
 
It’s disjointed and wires get crossed. 
It’s raw. 
The face looks like how I feel sometimes. Mouth open, wanting to scream- covered up by the smile and “I’m fine”. The image of the person is how my body feels pain radiating through.