Patience

A girl contemplating her life's situation

Propped up in bed
staring out the window.
Wishing for things to change.
Too tired to do anything.
Nothing but music to keep her company.

Trapped inside her head,
cursing her fragile body.
Praying for a cure
to the illness robbing her of her life,
of all the dreams she has.
The only escape from this bleak reality
are the stories she conjures
to pass the time.

Shaking due to cold
she snuggles under the covers.
A wisp of longing passes through her.
What she wouldn't give
to know what it's like to be healthy,
for just a single day.
A day with no pain,
a day she could run and play

So much time has been stolen from her
because of her weak body.
So many things she can't do
or ever experience.
Even so,
a smile adorns her lips.

Though her body is weak and fragile,
her spirit is a roaring inferno.
Something that won't be easily snuffed out
especially by something like this.
Her stubbornness is legendary,
she won't let it bind her
or control her.
She will find a way around it,
this she knows.

But until she figures it out,
she will continue resting
and dreaming.
Quietly biding her time
'til she can kick her illness to the curb.

Reviews

[Elaine]

This almost brought me to tears. I have a serious medical condition and didn't think for the life of me that I'd click on a poem about a girl feeling exactly how I do. Thank you very much for posting this. It's beautiful and empowering

[Wonderful Letdown]

Thank-you so much!! I'm glad you enjoyed it, honestly I felt like I didn't do a good job on writing it so I'm happy to hear that you liked it so much!!! I have a debilitating illness, not exactly life threatening but complications do arise from what I have. I hope that you realize you aren't alone!! And it's hard sometimes, you know because people don't understand unless they've been through it themselves.

I'm rooting for you!!

[Elaine]

Thanks and I'm rooting for you too. P.S the way I phrased it may have sounded like mine is life threatening but it's not. It's an eye condition. I'm slowly going blind and it's irreversable .

Again thanks for posting this and stay ontop of the world :)

[Wonderful Letdown]

That's hard, I have a chronic pain condition but it has many other symptoms than just pain. There's something like 100 different symptoms and I have a many and severe symptoms. And I'm only 19, I have the rest of my life ahead of me only to hear that I won't know a single day of peace until the day I die.

I can tell you it's not easy sometimes when I'm bedridden, and that's why I wrote this. Because even though I'm trapped inside this body, I still have hope for a better tomorrow. I don't know what it's like to go blind but I DO know what it's like to treasure every moment and memory. Try to make as much happy memories as possible okay? Cause it will help you go through the rough patches in the future.

There are ways to get around being blind. There are audio books and with your writing, you can collaborate with someone to write what you say and have them read it back. It may be more time consuming.....Don't get me wrong, going blind is horrible but what I want you to have is hope. Yes things will change and it's scary, you may not be able to do some things anymore. But there ARE ways around certain things that takes just a little bit of creativity to get around. But you will still be able to do some things, just not in the way you're used too!! So please don't give up hope, ever. You have such a powerful story, and it can change lives. Because I've been in spots like that, I've been told I have a powerful story and my story I have seen change lives. I'm sure yours will too. So don't give up, keep your head held high. Always remember that your illness doesn't define you and there's always a way to work around it, the problem is finding those solutions.

Keep on smiling, you can overcome this!! I know you can!!