Each day
my mind wakens me
to fight
another day
But my
body aches, breathing hard
And this
doesn’t go away
So, like a
flu ravaging constantly
Pain not
eased by any drug
You step
up to fight this battle
With no
protective armour on
Every
strike on your body debilitating
But you
fight with all you have
Giving up
seems out of the question
Is this
the strength I lack?
My mind
like a beacon in the darkness
Fighting
the terror I face each day
Physically,
emotionally draining
This fight
for life I face
When you
battle each day against it,
Normality
ripped from your grasp
Searching
for that ‘healthy’ life
You had in
the past
It breaks
down your defences
When it’s
just beyond your reach
Lying
somewhere broken
That
healthiness you seek
Today the
fight seems endless
Exhausting
to say the least
You wonder
why you continue
To fight this
inhuman beast
As it
steals away the life you had
Makes you
a useless human being
Having to
rely on someone else
For almost
every little thing
More
frustrating than always being sick
Watching
your dignity stolen away
All the
things most people take for granted
Get harder
for me each day
But I
fight on regardless
I don’t
know any other way....
© Leanne
Demers ~ 1st September, 2011
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