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Feeling Sick at Work, So I Decided to Write Poetry

Jul 02, 2008 04:33PM - 9 comments

I was feeling very sick a little while ago and since I'm stuck at work, it was difficult to concentrate and get anything done, because all I wanted to do was be at home, in bed. Since this is impossible, I decided to do something that requires intense concentration and thought for me in order to take my mind off of feeling like I was about to die. I wrote poems...about feeling sick...because poetry is most definitely not my forte, and feeling sick was the only thing on my mind. I thought I would share one of them with the community...


My head, it reels with turbulence,
My eyes, they can't see straight.
My legs feel like they've scaled a fence,
My stomach won't keep what I ate.
My neck is swollen, stiff, and sore,
My joints ache also, too.
My heart wants to beat more and more,
My lips, hands, and feet are blue.
I hate feeling worse, day by day,
But good health is what I'm devoid.
I would gladly get better, if I may,
But it's not up to me, it's up to my thyroid!


Enjoy! I have a few more verses written that rhyme well (i.e. cough that won't subside/skin that's very dry), but I wanted to keep it short and sweet. This is totally copyrighted, by the way. Thyroid poetry may make me a lot of money one day...maybe even before they figure out what's wrong with me.

Hmmmm I think I need an endocrinologist.....and a hobby lol.


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by peggy64, Jul 02, 2008 04:40PM
thats good, and  I feel your pain. instead of getting better, its like I am getting worse.

so you can write a thyroid book of poetry one day, and I can say, I know her..........

I'll buy copies for all my friends, I want them autographed, BTW.

by 898, Jul 02, 2008 04:52PM
I did not know you are poet; wow!


by laura1967, Jul 02, 2008 05:37PM
Wow, how did you know how I feel??  LOL  I think you just wrote the words to how a lot of us feel. Could you imagine a big castle for all of us to stay in for a while??  LOL  We would probably heal a lot quicker and we could gang up on the doctors together....YEAH!!!!

by Karimomof3, Jul 02, 2008 05:52PM
Love the poem!!  Hit the nail on the head!!

by peggy64, Jul 02, 2008 06:03PM
wouldn't that be great if they could have an Extreme Thyroid Makeover? I could see us now at a very fine mansion, walking around like zombies, hair falling out of half of us, the other half overweight, depressed> and then, they could run major tests, give us the perfect solution and fix our thyroid and pituitary glands, and in 6 months we'd be bright eyed and busy tailed, slim head full of hair, right size.....what a dream,,

i want to be a contestant on that show!!

by mommy2two2008, Jul 02, 2008 06:05PM
I so feel your pain.....and dizziness....and rather be in bed.........maybe I'll also get a chance to say hey, I know that thyroid girl too!  LOL - great poem!

by ChitChatNIne, Jul 02, 2008 07:36PM
So sorry you weren't feeling well ....

I wrote something about 10yrs ago I'd like to share .. if you want, come take a look @ it on my journal .. the photo is a crystal ball ...

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/14090

My Crystal Ball Theory

I go to sleep at night and wish my crystal ball would be clear ..
free of shades of grey ..
free of taint ..
free of anything harmful to myself
or my loved ones ..
free as a bird, yet stable as can be..
but,
it isn't;
I am sorry to reveal.

I find the crystal ball is more like a snowdome .. each falling snowflake
reflecting the ups and downs in our lives.  We must soar with
the ups and roll with the punches of the downs, for this too shall pass ..

At what price we must pay I can't say, but we are strong and things will
work out ..

I shed a tear today, for it seems we must take a step backward to go
two steps forward.

But, then again, isn't that true with most things in life?

Written 11/9/99
Shared with you today 6/08

"My Crystal Ball Theory" can be found in MedHelp's Health Pages-Pediatric GERD (reflux) Community:
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Gastroenterology/A-Mothers-Journal--You-are-Not-Alone---Written-by-a-Reflux-Mom-in-the-PreDawn-Hours--These-will-Touch-your-Heart-Forever/show/118?cid=182





by Jules77733, Jul 02, 2008 11:46PM
:-D I'm glad everyone liked it so much! I'm really not a poet at all...in fact, I always failed miserably when it came to writing poetry. Maybe this wasn't me writing it, though...maybe it was solely the work of my thyroid. I mean, it IS growing day by day; pretty soon it will declare its independence from me as its nearly the size of most small countries (ok, maybe it isn't, but it certainly feels like it).

I enjoyed reading all of your comments and if I ever publish a book of thyroidisms (poems, writings, etc.), as highly unlikely as it is, I'll get you all free, autographed copies. Until then, take care, and thank you so much for the compliments/well-wishes!

-Julia

by tashan, Jul 03, 2008 02:06AM
i feel everyone of us can make a poet,thinker of ourselves from our agony.i,too, believe in poetry and it comes as a big rescue for me in my times of dejection and despair.even though we cannot find a great number of publishers and readers but we can share among eachother and draw great deals of appreciations.
i can sum myself in this few words-"woods are dark,lovely and green,but i have no time to stand and stare,and i have miles to go before i sleep,and there are promises to be kept."
"""the soul cannot be kept behind bars,
the individual cannot be stopped from thinking,
the child can run behind butterfly;to catch it:
but we have been caught by a butterfly;
which has made us a child;
and thrown us in a thoughtless-prison to reside......"""""

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