Sickness in Me

(What did sickness feel like to me)

What did sickness feel like to me?

It felt like pain and fear and PTSD

Strangers putting their hands anywhere they liked

Scolding from my mom when I put up a fight

Holding me down

I sweat through my gown

Needles and blood and vomit everywhere

I begged them to stop but they ignored my tears

It’s for your own good, they’d say as I screamed

Even my mom losing patience with me

It stole my comfort and my ability to smile

Not a day I forget what I endured as a child

Do you still wonder what sickness did to me?

It gave me depression and anxiety

You’d never know my loneliness and grief

Because my illness is a silent thief