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Diabetes I Hate You

Dishearten me if that is your will I have seen countless others dance in your shadows Abandoned, alone within your grasp Bested through your touch Exhausted they fell Too tired to two-step to the beat of their own hearts Empathetic eyes closing before me for one last time Silence replacing their laughter I remember all too well Have you come for me now? Alas! I will not dance and fall to your touch! Twirl around with the thoughts in my mind Entertain yourself with my childhood pain You etched those memories there Obnoxious thief that you are Unhand me, I don't care to dance Acrostically I Stand Tall poetry contest Sponsored by James Edward Lee Sr.

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John Hamilton

Date: 6/21/2019 9:57:00 PM

I never realized it was an acrostic until after...a testament to your talent, usually acrostic poems feel stilted, without flow this one no way, very sad and powerful. Sadly I have two family members with this scourge!

Sandra Adams
Date: 6/21/2019 10:06:00 PM

Thank you John and sorry to hear about your family members! I have watched family members all my life battle with it, unfortunately most are gone! I agree that Acrostic poems rarely flow they are often a bunch of broken thoughts making a word down the side of the page :)