Don't forget to dream
Despite what comes to you
For if you forget to dream
Your dreams can never come true
Remember how to dream
When your world comes crashing down
Who knows what revelations you might find
When that dream finally comes around
Hold your dreams dear
When life brings you tears
Keep those dreams near
They'll help you cope with your fears
Keep your dreams so very sacred
When life's a bitter pill,
'Cause if you let them go,
They'll forever go unfulfilled
You may alter the path that you are on,
If you will OWN your dreams my friend,
And if those particular dreams fail
You can always dream again
So if your feeling down my friend,
Keep these words close to you,
Throughout life no matter the struggles or trials
Your dreams will pull you through
Another wonderful pic by Jinger Dixon at Cool Graphics.
When you stare at me
As I navigate the grocery store aisle
See you scrutinize my being
Why you don't return my smile
You think I don't know what your thinking
As your face turns into a frown
I hear your words as you stand behind me
The harsh, cruel judgements As you put me down
Once my clothes were like yours
And my health was just as fine
But today I have no cure
And spend most of my time reclined
You see; you who judge me
I have an insidious, invisible disease
It leaves me imprisoned not free
In a constant state of unease
So before you criticize my existence
And say things so mean and cruel
Instead admire my persistence
Otherwise you're just a fool
For I am the same as you
I yearn for a normal life
free of pain and healthy
Free of trouble and strife
I forgive you for you shortsightedness
And your narrow mind
I will pray for your enlightenment
maybe someday you'll be kind
This poem was inspired by a trip to the grocery store a long time ago when I first became ill with CFIDS/Fibromyalgia. I had pulled out our food stamps, (we couldn't have eaten back then without them) and a lady, well-dressed, with lots of gold jewelry, behind me made a disparraging remark about my integrity and life. It struck me then , that we judge others based on what they have in this country. And by judging them , limit our own understanding
Across the years
When this disease
Has added to my tears
I pray relief from the pain
Trying not to give rise to my fears
I struggle on despite the stones that block my way
And pray to sweet Jesus above
May there be a cure for CFIDS someday
