Chronic Illness Poems - Poems about Chronic Illness

I'll be fine tomorrow— a whispered promise to no one, to myself. It's a nuisance, a pain in the assiduous characters of my intellect, unrelenting, well-meaning, but delusional, nothing truly unusual. I'll feel fine in a week. Only the weak build paper-thin walls - desperate shields against a crumbling sky. They're cracking, but denial is refuge. For now. Maybe a month or two? Freedom is just a few short stretches...

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I love the winter, the way it whirls my breath Away; reminds me I am alive, there's hope. I love the ferns bejeweled in snow, the heath As it patterns our legs, walking forest-roads. I love the spring, that washes snow away, Brings flowers, strong roots, fragile and pale- Seeming. I love the summer, storm-blaze Lazy lightning, theater of stars, golden corn That...

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15 years I have been a prisoner I was the victim of identity theft Who I was, that person was stolen, And it was I who had to do the time Despite not being the culprit of the crime Half my life was taken away from me and i couldn't do anything about it apart from...

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duskfall creature, tipsy on the blood of the covenant, tell me, when did you pull the ninth card? when your fangs grew in and your eyes grew tired, what made you build the castle walls? the sunlight burns, you protest, every silver-backed mirror a reminder to forget. close the books, put down your stakes, because the real world doesn’t work like that, creature of...

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Shingles is something I live with daily Chosen for me by whom? I have no idea. I doubt it is my choice, as it is painful. My skin is tender; shingles is red, raw, sore, and rough. This disease is something I try to forget about every day. I can push it back into the farthest corners of my brain. If I...

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Can't take no more I just can't cope anymore, The pain is debilitating, The addiction consuming, Both exhausting. The dark corners of my mind are closing in, there all I can see clearly, The demonic whispers fill my ears loudly, I feel the reaper staring at me, his watchful glare burning, I wonder what he foresees, He watches waiting for me from his lair, He...

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I woke up this morning To a very dark, gray day And the aches and pains That I wished would go away It's dark and it's cold And everything is wet All day I've been wondering "Is it bedtime yet?" I know the rain Helps the flowers grow, The earth needs the rain to live This I know But when I sit up in bed When I wake A...

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Pain it's back again Coursing through each vein Pain it never leaves Consuming me for its needs Pain hangs on me Theres no where to hide or flee Pain my bestest friend Haunting me to no end Pain emotional physical It's no luxury or paradisiacal Pain lies in wait Pouncing no need for bait Pain arrives unannounced Staying for...

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Untitled Deathly living till dying breath. Somber dreaming a lively death. Body ailing, self enemy. Ever changing the remedy. Boldly living from open womb. Never changing, to closing tomb. Never living a normal life. Ever planning for daily strife. ~J.D. Cromwell...

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Pain, four letters is all it takes. Such a small word that has such meaning, It can drive into the most innocent teething, As we grow old and our bodies break down, Hidden in the depths of our minds a constant pound, It engulfs our spirits, souls and our very sanity, It plays tricks on you, questioning what's reality, It burns, stings,...

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Pain is a constant Like the ticks of a clock Counting out the agony of my existence Without pain, there is no life Or is there? Is there an old shoe box in my brain Where lies the faded picture of a better time? I am afraid. If I knew that others surf the wave that bandies me about like a sock in...

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