NaPoWriMo Day 2: Me and Graves Part 2

Here’s day 2’s poem, Me and Graves Part 2. I wrote part 1 in 2014 and you read that here. For those who don’t know I have an auto-immune disease called Graves Disease and these poems are about the topic. Stay tuned for two more poems today.

Me and Graves Part 2

Eight years have passed

Since we first met and

It’s been one hell of a

Struggle

Dealing with the symptoms

Of your existence-

The loss of weight despite

My constant eating, the tiredness

And weakness, the increased irritability

-And the consequences thereafter-

Jealous folks who gained weight no matter

What they tried to stop it, the embarrassment and

Shame, feeling bad after snapping at someone-

Has become second nature.

The frustration of finding a specialist,

And paying for the ever increasing in

Price medication has become routine.

So now after all of that, learning yesterday

That methimazole finally brought balance

And you’re under control makes me glad.

I just have to wait four months to

Find out whether or not I’ll meet

Your cousin hypothyroid

Written by Talisha “Tali Adina” Harrison

Copyright 2016

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