Illness

An unseen enemy within
An invader we try to repel
The lungs are occupied
An internal...

That morning after the night before
Hangover from hell
Lying on the bathroom floor
...

the day John Lennon
was shot,
I didn't care what,
I was laid up
suffering a...

I feel so alone
I get scared
I get confused
I can't remember
My body hurts...

My nose has lost all sense of smell
This sore throat means I can't talk too well
No taste...

I'm kind of headachey.
My concentration's not great.
Funny feelings in my stomach.
I...

They lie there amidst the hospital beds waiting for the nurses dishing out the prescription meds..minute...

Hello God are you there?

My Daughter is having a very rough year...

I almost lost her in...

I don’t know who this is
I know who it used to be
This body
That face
It can no...

I sat up in bed
With a cold in my head
And stinging in fingers and toes

I’d been...

I was sitting at my desk yesterday
When I suddenly felt "odd"
Not unwell exactly.
I...

a parent can hope,
a parent can dream,
that their children will smile through anything....

When the Angel appears I will not fear...

If my breaths become shallow, few, and far between......

It was seven years ago when you celebrated your final Mother's Day.
We had to bury you ten months...

she smokes to forget
she smokes to fade away
she smokes to escape that cage of a head
...