Category Archives: Muscles

Blissful Pain

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Jamieson Wolf

Last night in bed my body was making it’s own music. I lay there, feeling my legs throb to their own beat and my feet would respond. The pain would flare up in my feet like fire and, though painful, … Continue reading →

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Thinking a Tune

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Jamieson Wolf

Sharp pains are climbing up my legs like vines. I can’t lift my feet properly today, it seems. Every time I go to take a step, I trip over my own feet. I try to remember what the therapist used … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Paulsen

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Jamieson Wolf

This weekend has been a pain in the ass. Literally. I woke Saturday with a sharp pain in my lower back. This pain saw fit to move down to my rear end. It hurt to sit, it hurt to lie … Continue reading →

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Growing Wings

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Jamieson Wolf

I feel like I am growing wings. Surely this is what it must feel like: shoulder muscles moving and shifting under my skin, pulses that push at the skin that holds them back. A deep throb at my shoulder blades … Continue reading →

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Cybil

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Jamieson Wolf

The twin inside me is always active. He seems to want a life of his own.  I wonder, vaguely, if I should give him a name. But I’m a firm believer that if you give something a name, you give … Continue reading →

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I am the Walrus

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Jamieson Wolf

My legs feel like toothpicks today. It feels like I’m walking on a tightrope; my balance is off and I feel like my knees can’t bend. I know without lifting my pant legs that I have Elephant Legs today, that … Continue reading →

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At Home In My Skin

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Jamieson Wolf

I wonder if I will ever feel at home in my own body. Most people undergo a time during their adolescence where their bones are too long, their lanky legs  and arms flailing and seemingly too long for their body. … Continue reading →

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Musical Muscles

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Jamieson Wolf

It feels as if I have been in a marathon. Or perhaps been playing a hundred piece orchestra all on my own. The past few days have not been ones of comfort. I have hardly been able to type, let … Continue reading →

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Laughing Diamonds

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Jamieson Wolf

Today, I am a bevy of nerves. My muscles twitch underneath my skin, vibrating within their shell and I wonder if one day they will work themselves free. The weekend was spent in almost total comfort, something that hasn’t happened … Continue reading →

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Traveling by Blood

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Jamieson Wolf

The twin is active again. The muscles in my legs have been moving and shifting. He seems to be taking up more space, conquering the inside of my body with a brute force. I can feel my legs spasming and … Continue reading →

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