Poetry Tuesday - Back Pain

On a Monday no less

I have to confess

I wasn't up to anything new

When I left for the school run

Although it's never much fun

Everything was normal

But as I bumped down the step

I didn't see any obvious threat

To my back

There was a sudden internal crash

An immediate debilitating flash

Of crippling pain

I rang for some help

As every step made me yelp

But it was to no avail

I had to take the boy to school

It's one of the rules

He gave me a hug

Getting home I was crippled

The pain totally rippled

I collapsed at the top of the stair

My back is in spasm

The pain a black chasm

But with some rest it will mend

I can't stand up straight

So I'll just have to wait

And hope it doesn't take long