PD poem I wrote a few years ago. Enjoy ...

[MichaelOM]

Digital Stream

I write this

digitally

so I can read

what I write

so I remember

what I wrote

when I read

what I wrote

in the morning

I walk slowly

cautiously

because my foot hurts

because I'm not so sure

about that step

about that crack

in the sidewalk

or if my next

step will be

a footfall or

freefall

Sometimes

I say "reach"

and I don't

"move"

and I can't

"think"

and

nothing

happens

Words taste

like styrofoam

pens feel

like pipe cleaners

a steering wheel

like a gyroscope

I'm a park monument

listing slightly

to the left

At home

a couch is a bed

a bed is a slab

a book

is a sleeping pill

In public

a crowd feels

like a mob

an avalanche

of voices

a big bowl

of eyeballs

watching

I do

what I do

because I

still can

because it

feels right

because it

must be done

because it fits

because I can't

hold on

or it's time

to let go

I need

to move

I know

I need a foam suit

airbags

to beep beep beep

when I back up

Still

mostly

I'm fine

free lucky spoiled

and rich!

Mike McGowan

© 2009

[Joealt]

Nice work.

[hockeyfan]

Love it, love it, love it Mike. Thanks for sharing. ;*D

[cleo]

like it

[Hidden]

Very nice.

[Jupeter]

Good stuff, Mike.

Keep up the good work

[Hidden]

That about says it all.

[DeParkiePoet]

Excellent! Here's my version written in 2009...

I’m Still, Joseph McEleavy

No matter how many little indignities,

diminishments and disappointments

My Life has thrown at me

I’m still Here

Sometimes giving up

Sometimes standing up

And though My Life seems to have become an ever failing effort to avoid embarrassment

I am still Joyous Optimism

Because no matter that my body freezes so that I cannot move

Shakes so that I cannot do

Or takes an hour to cook a ten minute pizza

I’m still Here

No matter that the simplest tasks defeat me

That I seem to have lost my grace, wit and spontaneity

That I sometimes weep like a jilted bride

Forget relative importance easily,

Relearn painfully

No matter that I stumble like a drunk, act like a coward

Or that I sometimes just want to die, to be done

I’m still Here

Fighting to celebrate

My Life

Start strong finish stronger

--

peace

Joseph McEleavy

[MichaelOM]

Well done, Joseph.

[muttie]

mike and joe

YOU NAILED IT!!

[Susie01]

I think both of you covered the "feelings" we all have with this disease, thank-you.

[DANIEL]

Love it.