MARATHON

To Amy, My M.E. Friend in California
















Some people are very insistent
That a marathon’s 26 miles.
It isn’t, it really isn’t….
A marathon is daily trials.

For example, yesterday
I showered AND washed my hair,
AND moisturised my body,
Which needed love and care!

And then? I had to lie down
On my comfy bed, for an hour,
Exhausted and annihilated,
Deprived of any power.

Slow, slow, slow improvement,
And then, of course, the fight
To run a marathon again tomorrow….
And not one single medal in sight!

Ffion