Poetic Spirituality: 2013

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The Way I Am Should Be Okay

I listened to the lyrics of a new song that struck me strange.

The chorus kept repeating, "I can not change."

The lyrics spoke of being lesbian or gay

And being accepted rather than judged some day.

It's the "I can not change even if I want to" line

That weighed heavily in the recesses of my mind.

Why should I need to feel that my life must rearrange

Just because being true to myself to some may seem strange.

Who has the right to judge my life style choice

When as a consenting adult, I choose love to voice.

No one is being hurt by my being true to me,

So, why should I apologize for the real, honest person you see.

I do believe that understanding will one day be the bridge to acceptance,

And equality for all will become reality rather than mere spoken sentence.

We're all just basically looking for love.

We may have differing ways of finding it, but when we do, we all seem to agree that it is one of the greatest gifts from above.

So, love, and let love.

Friday, July 19, 2013

No Pedestals Please

I have MS, and I have chosen to do my best

To give life my all ... Nothing less.

I didn't choose to have a chronic illness

I certainly wouldn't try to will this.

But, strength is not something you choose

Until choice is something you lose.

Someone told me today that I've made such a great decision

In my mind it didn't take much vision.

When pain becomes a daily part of life

And I can either cry or rise above,

I can easily become a burden to those I love.

To me there stands only one clear choice

I have to live my life with a smile and an activist's voice.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Exercise, exercise, exercise ... Avoid stress. Very wise words, but then have you ever tried to stay calm while you explain to the person at the pharmacy on your way home from the gym just why you can't remember your own birthdate? All part of fatigue and cognitive confusion from MS.