Lupus Battle

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some mornings . . .
there are mountains to climb . . .
sometimes . . .
there are ditches to dig . . .
or jungles to cut through . . .
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tired, exhausted . . .
no, it’s fatigue . . .
yes, that’s the word . . .
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the challenge is . . .
crawling from bed . . .
washing my face . . .
task that must be done . . .
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I just want to lay in the rays . . .
of lupus poisonous trigger . . .
close my eyes . . .
under an old tree . . .
feel the late summer breeze . . .
or maybe the remnants . . .
of those girls along the coast . . .
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I want to bask in the laziness . . .
float upon calm seas . . .
but my life is a rugged terrain . . .
always a battle to conquer . . .
when the wolf with . . .
the butterfly nose . . .
lurks in the shadows . . .
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I quietly hide trying to blend in . . .
like a chameleon . . .
best I can do is cry . . .
rainbow tears . . .
and wish for a . . .
pot of gold . . .
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©Kimberly Wilhelmina Floria
9/3/15

It’s Lupus Awareness month and today is mother’s day. My mother died at the young age of 64 of a heart attack. Lupus a devastating autoimmune disease that attacks the organs went after her heart. My mother and I were just getting close when she died. We became real close after when I was diagnosed with lupus.  I had so many questions to ask her and there were so many questions the doctor asked. But I didn’t know.  When my mother died in 1993 many people didn’t know what lupus was.  I had the symptoms for years but the doctors didn’t recognize it and I went un-diagnosed until lupus too an aggressive hold on my and damaged my lungs.

 

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The above poem is included in my book Pages of Pain which in honor of Mother’s Day and lupus Awareness Month is available free on kindle until Tuesday 2/11/16.  Please get a copy. Thanks for your support.