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By Anonymous
I hurt so badly I need hope …
The pain is shocking my brain like I the metallic cap of an electric chair
I scream loudly then silently as my voice echoes like the wind in a deserted house
Will you listen, really listen?
I hurt so badly I need hope …
The pain is freezing my muscles like I am stuck inside an arctic iceberg
I count with the ticking clock waiting for the melting that slowly comes
Will you give me warmth? Really give me warmth?
I hurt so badly I need hope …
My energy drains like I am a tree falling in the forest
I wonder if this is the end as I fight slowly than quickly yield to ground
Will you lift me up? Really lift me up?
I hurt so badly I need hope …
My surroundings swirl around me like I am a spinning top
I look for stability like a seasick sailor dancing on deck
Will you throw me a lifeline? Really throw me a lifeline?
Gone are the hopes of a career listening to others …
Gone are the hopes of providing warmth to the homeless …
Gone are the hopes of hiking deep into the wilderness …
Gone are the hopes of catching the sea spray while sailing …
Here are the days of listening to pink noise …
Here are the days of counting pills while laying on warm jade stones …
Here are the days of laying on heated jade stones …
Here are the days of watching wildlife from a zero gravity chair …
Here are the days of sea salt baths and chi machines …
It is You who Unites my Heart with Hope!
By Edith Kaplan
“It could be worse”, she said
And that is certainly true
But my mind screams back loudly:
“IT COULD BE BETTER TOO!”
“It’s just a cold”, she said
If only that were true
My tearful heart cries out
Oh, if you only knew.
Nothing with this illness is “just”
In many more ways than one
It may be a small sneeze for you
But my whole life comes undone.
The private pain
No one can see
As I watch my life
Fall away from me.
Come back, I plead
I want much more
Not less and less
Than I had before.
“It is what it is”
Some like to say
But platitudes don’t help
Keep the grey away
I must dig deep
Within my core
To find those sparks
Of my life once more
And to accept the fact
That they cannot see
From the land of the healthy
What life’s like for me.
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