Inside Parkinson's

Life
Is strange.
You
Are born.

Growing,
Learning, 
Living.

Becoming.
Deciding.
Who you will be.  

Adulthood.
Working for money.
Paying the bills.

Living your life.
Both ups and downs.

Later in life.
A bomb is dropped.
There is a disease,
You have it now.

Overnight, you see changes.
You don’t want to see.  

Starting over.
Learning new things.
Finding how to be. 

No longer living,
The life you chose.

Realization hits.
You have no control.

The disease
Is in charge.

The disease takes control
of your body and mind.
 
Moving the body
In mysterious ways.

You pretend, yes
Everything is ok.

You long to return
To the life way before.
.
Now adjust and accept.
The new life you are shown.

Starting over.
What are your desires?

Learning about life,
With a disease so cruel.

Life is truly a paradox.
It could not happen to you

You no longer can be
The person you desire.

Learning to live, 
With chronic disease.

Changes you,
Deep in the soul.

Looking deep in the heart.
Feeling the blow.

The person who lived your life. 
The person you chose.
Realization streaming over you
like a waterfall.

You now know
She is gone.



Cheryl Wirtley 1/30/2022