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
authentic, earnest. and there is a hope threading each line of your poem.
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ReplyDeleteOne must always still hope . I know it is hard but miracles do happen sometimes.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you get blue that was a bad day dealing with medical issues.
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