About ME

From the perspective of a particularly bad day, as a sufferer of ME/CFS

About ME
Photo by Adrian "Rosco" Stef / Unsplash

Each day is a struggle.
Each day resets.
A river of blood, sweat, and tears 
just to get out of bed.

My joints are on fire,
the ones not made of lead.
Pain somehow penetrates
the fog in my head.

Weary beyond measure,
even after deep sleep.
The struggle is worth it,
Although I weep.

So each day, I do it.
Each day, I stand.

Triumphant.