Jeff
@nocureforchronic.bsky.social
To The Bone: Conversations on Pain, Illness, and Meaning (Spotify/Apple)
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· Sep 15
To The Bone: Conversations on Pain, Illness, and Meaning
Health & Fitness Podcast · Updated Weekly · To the Bone with Dr. Jeffrey Bone is a podcast that goes beneath the surface of living with chronic pain and illness. Each episode brings honest, compassion...
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Question it frequently
Was this to create
Or to erase
Justifying a narrative
Or dodging yours
Can’t always be right
Or wrong
A discussion of life
One poem chained
With all the others
Was this to create
Or to erase
Justifying a narrative
Or dodging yours
Can’t always be right
Or wrong
A discussion of life
One poem chained
With all the others
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Question it frequently
Was this to create
Or to erase
Justifying a narrative
Or dodging yours
Can’t always be right
Or wrong
A discussion of life
One poem chained
With all the others
Was this to create
Or to erase
Justifying a narrative
Or dodging yours
Can’t always be right
Or wrong
A discussion of life
One poem chained
With all the others
Resilient with a limp is still resiliency.
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Resilient with a limp is still resiliency.
I gag my soliloquy with poetry
The one act play is monotonous
Intermission exists
Only once I write for another
Which is typically my future self
#soliloquy #vss365
The one act play is monotonous
Intermission exists
Only once I write for another
Which is typically my future self
#soliloquy #vss365
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I gag my soliloquy with poetry
The one act play is monotonous
Intermission exists
Only once I write for another
Which is typically my future self
#soliloquy #vss365
The one act play is monotonous
Intermission exists
Only once I write for another
Which is typically my future self
#soliloquy #vss365
This is my life
50 years old
Lots of school
Many ordeals
Still doltish
Still learning
Still traversing
Still nervy
Still human
50 years old
Lots of school
Many ordeals
Still doltish
Still learning
Still traversing
Still nervy
Still human
December 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This is my life
50 years old
Lots of school
Many ordeals
Still doltish
Still learning
Still traversing
Still nervy
Still human
50 years old
Lots of school
Many ordeals
Still doltish
Still learning
Still traversing
Still nervy
Still human
Shed a tear today
No augury of pain for this moment
Joyous and sweet to witness
No device capturing images
Present for a moment in time
Sorrow for the fleeting
Yet warm as it passed by
Pain will return, as it does
But to know of joyous tears
No trepidation for its return
#augury #vss365
No augury of pain for this moment
Joyous and sweet to witness
No device capturing images
Present for a moment in time
Sorrow for the fleeting
Yet warm as it passed by
Pain will return, as it does
But to know of joyous tears
No trepidation for its return
#augury #vss365
December 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
My heart being out of my chest
Is oddly keeping mine well
Caring less can be the answer
When something else matters more
Is oddly keeping mine well
Caring less can be the answer
When something else matters more
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My heart being out of my chest
Is oddly keeping mine well
Caring less can be the answer
When something else matters more
Is oddly keeping mine well
Caring less can be the answer
When something else matters more
Stripped assumptions
No need to guess
Future is now
Slight problem though
Gave the wrong character
Never planning on hero
Healer, help, harvester
Maybe
But they made me the villain
In my own damn story
No need to guess
Future is now
Slight problem though
Gave the wrong character
Never planning on hero
Healer, help, harvester
Maybe
But they made me the villain
In my own damn story
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Stripped assumptions
No need to guess
Future is now
Slight problem though
Gave the wrong character
Never planning on hero
Healer, help, harvester
Maybe
But they made me the villain
In my own damn story
No need to guess
Future is now
Slight problem though
Gave the wrong character
Never planning on hero
Healer, help, harvester
Maybe
But they made me the villain
In my own damn story
Sword back in its sheath
Boots back in the closet
Vespertine calm settles in
Only darkness I welcome
#vespertine #vss365
Boots back in the closet
Vespertine calm settles in
Only darkness I welcome
#vespertine #vss365
December 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sword back in its sheath
Boots back in the closet
Vespertine calm settles in
Only darkness I welcome
#vespertine #vss365
Boots back in the closet
Vespertine calm settles in
Only darkness I welcome
#vespertine #vss365
Each wave has a final boil
White wash and chaos
To silent and still
Seas continue to churn
Waves finding their shores
Shattering into foam
A broken ending soon forgotten
White wash and chaos
To silent and still
Seas continue to churn
Waves finding their shores
Shattering into foam
A broken ending soon forgotten
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Each wave has a final boil
White wash and chaos
To silent and still
Seas continue to churn
Waves finding their shores
Shattering into foam
A broken ending soon forgotten
White wash and chaos
To silent and still
Seas continue to churn
Waves finding their shores
Shattering into foam
A broken ending soon forgotten
“Stories are the place where human beings go to practice the lives they long to live.” — Unknown
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Stories are the place where human beings go to practice the lives they long to live.” — Unknown
How chivalrous
To sharpen the blade
Knowing where it was going
What it would take
Yet you took the time
To give me a second less of pain
#chivalrous #vss365
To sharpen the blade
Knowing where it was going
What it would take
Yet you took the time
To give me a second less of pain
#chivalrous #vss365
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
How chivalrous
To sharpen the blade
Knowing where it was going
What it would take
Yet you took the time
To give me a second less of pain
#chivalrous #vss365
To sharpen the blade
Knowing where it was going
What it would take
Yet you took the time
To give me a second less of pain
#chivalrous #vss365
Too much thinking
Turns all the colors gray
As if you poured out the paint
Used all the crayons
It’s ok to use the dark ones
But just one at a time
Lighter colors will come next
One thought at a time
Turns all the colors gray
As if you poured out the paint
Used all the crayons
It’s ok to use the dark ones
But just one at a time
Lighter colors will come next
One thought at a time
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Too much thinking
Turns all the colors gray
As if you poured out the paint
Used all the crayons
It’s ok to use the dark ones
But just one at a time
Lighter colors will come next
One thought at a time
Turns all the colors gray
As if you poured out the paint
Used all the crayons
It’s ok to use the dark ones
But just one at a time
Lighter colors will come next
One thought at a time
“No one hears a tree grow but everyone hears it fall” —unknown
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
“No one hears a tree grow but everyone hears it fall” —unknown
I’ve never written anything rivaling
A cute cat
An epic sunset
And I never will
Those are to be adored
To inspire awe
Mine is more of the fender bender
Pulled off to the side of the road
A cute cat
An epic sunset
And I never will
Those are to be adored
To inspire awe
Mine is more of the fender bender
Pulled off to the side of the road
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I’ve never written anything rivaling
A cute cat
An epic sunset
And I never will
Those are to be adored
To inspire awe
Mine is more of the fender bender
Pulled off to the side of the road
A cute cat
An epic sunset
And I never will
Those are to be adored
To inspire awe
Mine is more of the fender bender
Pulled off to the side of the road
Reposted by Jeff
We are both Daedalus & Icarus—the craftsman & the daredevil…
#beinghuman #encouragement #writingcommunity #positivity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#beinghuman #encouragement #writingcommunity #positivity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We are both Daedalus & Icarus—the craftsman & the daredevil…
#beinghuman #encouragement #writingcommunity #positivity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#beinghuman #encouragement #writingcommunity #positivity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
Reposted by Jeff
Silence and indifference aren’t a safety shield…
#injustice #beinghuman #writingcommunity #oppression
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#injustice #beinghuman #writingcommunity #oppression
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Silence and indifference aren’t a safety shield…
#injustice #beinghuman #writingcommunity #oppression
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#injustice #beinghuman #writingcommunity #oppression
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
Someday maybe
Some day next week
Probably Not
I’ll laugh so damn hard
Where I can’t breathe
Tears in my eyes
World will look clear again
With a Cheshire cat grin
Some day next week
Probably Not
I’ll laugh so damn hard
Where I can’t breathe
Tears in my eyes
World will look clear again
With a Cheshire cat grin
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Someday maybe
Some day next week
Probably Not
I’ll laugh so damn hard
Where I can’t breathe
Tears in my eyes
World will look clear again
With a Cheshire cat grin
Some day next week
Probably Not
I’ll laugh so damn hard
Where I can’t breathe
Tears in my eyes
World will look clear again
With a Cheshire cat grin
I don’t see my hair
Buzzed to the scalp
Apathetic to your opinion
Just turned my head
Into a giant stress ball
Clipped for calmness
Buzzed to the scalp
Apathetic to your opinion
Just turned my head
Into a giant stress ball
Clipped for calmness
December 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I don’t see my hair
Buzzed to the scalp
Apathetic to your opinion
Just turned my head
Into a giant stress ball
Clipped for calmness
Buzzed to the scalp
Apathetic to your opinion
Just turned my head
Into a giant stress ball
Clipped for calmness
New podcast: I explore Elaine Scarry’s groundbreaking work The Body in Pain and its insight: physical suffering is almost impossible to express. (Apple/Spotify)
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
New podcast: I explore Elaine Scarry’s groundbreaking work The Body in Pain and its insight: physical suffering is almost impossible to express. (Apple/Spotify)