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Ignorance Transformed

08 Saturday Mar 2014

Posted by P Moorman in Health, Inspiration, Life

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chronic illness, Fibro, fibromyalgia, health, inspiration, life, poems, Poetry

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I tried to ignore it; I said
it couldn’t happen to me;
surely there’s some mistake,
I’m as healthy as can be.

I’m merely getting older,
my muscles just need worked,
and creaking joints are natural
when you’re ’bout as old as me.

But, symptoms started stacking,
and just like children’s blocks,
when too many are unsteady,
reality comes crashing down.

For me, it’s Fibromyalgia,
maybe yours has a different name;
but our life altering prognoses
bring changes just the same.

Sometimes I’m the energy bunny,
you’d never know I’m sick,
but the next day I’m a turtle,
paced slowly or retreatingly.

I never will be returning to
what people knew as me,
but with positive affirmation,
I’m creating a better me.

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I Should Have Known…

19 Tuesday Nov 2013

Posted by P Moorman in Health, Life

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acceptance, chronic illness, fibromyalgia, health, life, pain, Peace, poem, Poetry

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I should have known
it would catch up to me,

all the things I did
without a pause,
enjoying movement
without any pain,

smiling and humming
as I did the chores,
then enjoying some time
in the great outdoors.

It was so good to
feel normal again,
to wake with the birds,
ready for day’s begin.

But,

I should have known…

Fibromyalgia
never leaves;
it hibernates, as
in a deep freeze,

then awakens
like an angry bear,
disturbed by forces
outside its lair.

So for today, I’ll
declare a truce,
embrace the peace
without excuse.

Maybe next time….

Well, probably not.

Just suffice it to say,
we’re friends,
of a special kind,
to the very end.

11/19/13
Phyllis Moorman

*photo courtesy http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/

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