A POEM RE AUGMENTATION

[Bugsycat]

MY BEAST WITHIN

I CAN’T SEE MY BEAST, BUT IT’S ALWAYS THERE

READY TO STRIKE, TO TAKE ME UNAWARES

THIS BEAST DETERMINES WHETHER I SIT OR LAY

IT HAS SUCH POWER, PLEASE TELL ME WHY

MY BEAST IS NOW REARING IT’S HEAD SO HIGH

CAN I SURVIVE AUGMENTATION I STAND AND CRY

WARNINGS OF ADDICTIONS WERE STATED AT FIRST

BUT WITHDRAWAL LIKE THIS, IT COMES NO WORSE.

KICKING AND SHAKING, MY LEGS THEN MY ARMS

BANGING MY HEAD, I DON’T CARE IF I CAUSE HARM

BUT YOU, MY BEAST CAN TRY AS HARD AS YOU LIKE

I’M DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT

[Joolsg]

Brilliant. I hope you get through withdrawal safely. It's horrible but many of us have managed it.

[Hidden]

Good for you, keep on fighting, withdrawal is worth it.

[yorkie24]

Keep fighting! Augmentation and withdrawal are both dreadful but it is possible to beat them both. Stay strong 😊

[OffKilter]

Using arts like your poetry can be powerful tools to focus and disperse pain, and explain what RLS is really like for you to others. Bravo. There’s a peaceful dawn on the horizon. (BrianAtPlay.com/restless-legs-syndrome.)