Rooted Spine by Rae Sabine Pain settles like soil slow and certain the spine becomes earth and earth becomes spine Each curve a memory each joint a flame growth shaped by stillness strength grown from ache Bound to ground yet always rising the body learns to bloom in restraint #ankylosingspondylitis #chronicpainart #arttherapistart #arttherapist #arttherapistlife #arttherapistsart

Ankylosing spondylitis breaks me from inside. Marrow burns, spine clenches, vertebrae grind in the dark. Pelvis locks, shoulders weld, neck rusts. Each twist chisels bone. I curl, black ink on bleeding red, a seed splitting open, not to bloom but to bleed. Yet my pulse stitches the wound, one beat at a time. Splintered Seed by Rae Sabine #ankylosingspondylitis #chronicpainart #arttherapistart #arttherapist #arttherapistlife #arttherapistsart