Struggle

A poem for those who need hope.

Struggle

Struggling to see the light

Struggling to see anything but night

Lost in fear and pain

Lost with nothing to gain

Two steps forward and one step back

As the body struggles to make what it lacks

Work the way it used to do

Before when all was new

Yearning to pretend I haven’t changed

Learning to find I have other range

Mad, sad and glad, that I’m still here,

But still with a tiny ticking fear

That the body will betray

The progress today

And still struggling on

Beating my prey

The disease that lingers on

But conquer it I will.

©Sheilagh Lee July 24,2012

Goodbye is Not A word I want to Say

My heart is bursting with pride

Yet still I die a little inside

May daughter grown

The seeds are sown

My baby girl is leaving me

She will be too far to see

Each and everyday

Too far to do more than say

Hello by Skype and how are you

My heart feels empty

My eyes do too

As silent tears I cry

As have to say goodbye

So she can live her dreams

But still it seems

It’s not fair why can’t  a job be found?

So she can move across town?

 ©Sheilagh Lee July 18,2012