Entry #25: Can't Take This Suffering

**I've taken my meds, why can't I sleep?

My body is tired and my thoughts running deep.

If I laid down, I know I'd start aching,

Wanting to rest, this pain is breath taking.

**At times I literally want to break free,

And be rid of this condition swallowing me.

For it has caused me to be over stressed,

I just can't help I feel so depressed.

**Plus it's caused a whole lot of grief,

All I ask is to have some relief.

And these pains I've noticed are shooting everywhere,

Why can't I pretend they're not even there?

**Especially when my legs are the very first to swell,

It makes it even tougher to walk very well.

So when will a cure be under way?

Because I can't take this suffering everyday.

©May 2022 Melissa Darsey