autoimmune
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Life Doesn’t Go On
When we are compelled to bid farewell to a loved one, we understand that we, with varying intensities, will feel pain over that loss. We speak of closure, of grief in stages. To the hurting soul, we give tender hugs and promises that time will bring with it a salve for their aching heart. For Continue reading
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Loss of Structural Integrity
I am trapped inside of myself. My own arrogant nature is not a product of skills I hold, but a projection of what mayhap have been, and my disappointment in others because of what I often see as wasted potential. I am a crumbling work of architecture. The realization that willpower can no longer keep Continue reading
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Pain
Sometimes, there is just pain. Pain like tendrils of an ivy vine, it’s appendages creeping over and around each of my muscles. It grasps me in my sleep, waking me and placing my body in a sort of stasis, gripping my lungs. After awhile, I try to move my mouth and realize I’ve been clenching Continue reading
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Autoimmune Battle
His Mercies Are New Every Morning The most trying days are those that come after I’ve battled one symptom, and then another, until I’m treading treatments in order to continue the simplist of duties. When I’ve been tired too long. When I recall my lost beautiful talents and abilities, and can see so clearly and Continue reading