It hit the ground and made straight for me.
The trail of maggots climbed my legs
They entered me and sucked the dregs.
They coloured my view, trapped inside my eyes
Whispering in my ears abhorrent lies that turned the tides
Of ills besetting me. They feasted on my brains
Their waste clogging up my arteries and veins.
Filling my womb and ovaries
Damning up my bladder, my waters burst uncontrollably.
They turned my milk, so what, I was now baron
They pushed out my hair Until I resembled carrion.
I beg them to set me free,they did not
I begged them for peace and for the pain to stop.
They did not listen nor did they care
They gave not a shit for how I’d fare.
No one listened no one cared. So long as it was not them
Who suffered. Their eyes avoid me again and again.
They pumped me full of chemicals, bags and lines and needles
It made me worse, I curse them to suffer me such evils.
They, though not the maggots, mopped my brow and soothed my pain
They begged me to fight and fight again.
I tried, I really did I fought, I screamed I cried.
At last, at last I watched them fly,
I kissed those maggots goodbye.
Find the cure don’t let the apple fall from the tree
Don’ t let those maggots free.
🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Another poem about illnesses and cancer from 2014.
Jan 23, 2021 @ 01:29:21
Willow, this poem really touched my heart
Jan 23, 2021 @ 09:50:12
Thank you Sadje💜💜
Jan 23, 2021 @ 11:20:45
You’re welcome
Jan 23, 2021 @ 01:50:02
Strong emotions. A very good poem.
Jan 23, 2021 @ 09:50:55
Thank you, venting strong feelings 💜💜
Jan 23, 2021 @ 06:21:11
Deep, sis 😢
Jan 23, 2021 @ 09:51:49
Thank you Sis, it’s meant to be 💜
Jan 23, 2021 @ 08:45:54
The perfect description of life’s maggots…
Jan 23, 2021 @ 09:52:46
Thank you, there is a lot about at the moment too sty safe 💜💜
Jan 23, 2021 @ 18:11:32
It’s a nightmare all right!
Jan 23, 2021 @ 18:15:08
Yes indeed 💜💜