M.E. TAKE-AWAY
M.E. TAKE-AWAY....
For Mary, My M.E. Friend in Tennessee
M.E. take-away:
My ability to read.
Books were my soul-food,
And, greedily, I’d feed.
M.E. take-away:
My ability to chat.
Now, brief conversations,
With husband and with cat.
M.E. take-away:
My ability to have fun.
Now, every single, tiny joy,
Means payback... Every one….
M.E. take-away:
My strong and stable (!) heart.
I now have an arrhythmic one,
Prone to fit and start.
M.E. take-away:
My enjoyment of the summer.
Heat, light-sensitivity -
Really, it’s a bummer!
M.E. take-away:
My ability to walk,
Except for short distances -
Then brain and body balk.
M.E. take-away:
My super-duper brain (!)
It’s left me with a blooper –
Which works, now and again.
M.E. take-away:
My body, which worked well.
Now, wobbly, weak and pain-wracked –
I would gladly sell.
M.E. take-away:
My ability to stand tall.
Now mostly horizontal,
Not upright much at all.
M.E. take-away:
My humour, spark and wit.
I was articulate and funny….
Now? No! Not one bit!
The life I want and need.
I now have an “existence”.
A poor exchange indeed.....
Ffion