My Fibro

[Rouge2]

You don't know and cannot see

The pain on the inside of me

I'm not being lazy or going insane

I'm just struggling today because of the pain

It's not on display or on show

It's hidden within just for me to know

The struggle to cook, to clean or just stand

Hands that can't grip, feet that ache

Tiredness, headache, can't concentrate

And when I'm too tired, but cannot sleep

I'd like to drown in oceans deep

But this is my pain, my struggle

This is my fight, my ongoing battle

Do not judge what you cannot see

I fight every day to keep being me.

[bobbybobb]

well put

[SusieJo1948]

Rouge2 I really liked poem think all of us can relate. It was written very well. May be some day they will know how we feel. All you naysayers will one day know personally when it happens to you. So until that happens,and you walk in our shoes. If you have nothing good to say about fibromyalgia just don't say anything. Love susie jo1948

[Harpo33]

Sounds very familiar.

Couldn't have put it better

Thanks

[Oscarlola]

Well said and so so true I'm really struggling with the cold my hands are really sore aswell we have to keep smiling 😁

[lancslass56]

Your poem describes how fibro feels so well. I like to write poems, it's one of the only hobbies left that I can still do. It helps me to write things down as a poem or in a diary and I have kept diaries for over 40 years. It can sometimes be difficult reading how my life used to be before fibro but mostly it brings a smile to read what I got up to as a teenager, the challenges and joys of being a young mum etc. I have never written a poem about fibro but I might give it a try after reading yours.

[Esradral]

That is absolutely fantastic, so true to form on the fibro front. I want to print it off and put a copy up in the kitchen somewhere and maybe carry a copy with me, it is brilliant.

[Rouge2 in reply to Esradral]

Thank you x

[Maya23]

Brilliant words, I can’t totally relate.