2021/12/24 #poetry Yes, it hurts, but it hurts without pain. I don't know what the proper description is. Seems that English doesn't have a word for it. It isn't an ache, that would be pain. It isn't an annoyance, well it is that too but it is sensorially more than just an annoyance. It is a pain that doesn't hurt. Hrm... Just on the edge of pain seems to fit. A sensation that is prominent, can not be ignored on its own but can be ignored when focusing on something else. A discomfort that you avoid aggravating so as not to cause actual pain. Sore, but not actively hurting, only when you move it, poke it, use it. Rough, really rough. That works once you have the context. My throat is really rough. Cloying, sticky discomfort. Raw burning. Just raw. Raw roughness. Raw, sticky roughness. Raw, sticky roughness just on the edge of pain. That is how my throat hurts without hurting.