What would you do
If an invisible monster
Screamed inside your body
Hoping you choke?
Would you hold on to hope?
Or would you reach for the rope?

Getting out of bed
Could be the hardest start
With the monster on your shoulder
Tearing you apart

Focusing is a
Whole other aspect
Constant brain fog
Living your life
In a haze-
This will always be your life

This is not just a "phase"

Thinking about how
To handle your future
With a constant reminder
You'll live like this
Forever

Sadness bursting
Out at the seams
When being "normal" again
Is only in
Your wildest dreams

With you bad days
Worse than a nightmare
Only to find
Even the good days
Are bad

Having a dull pain
Throughout every
Muscle you obtain-
Limited activity
Causing a lack of positivity

What would you do
If your body
Encompassed a monster?
A chronic illness is
Simply an impostor

The thing about
Chronic illness-
It demands to be heard
Loud and clear
But only in your ears

No one knows
Quite how you feel-
This invisible little monster
That no one can see
Now listen to me:
A smile can
Hide your fear

The fear of your body
The fear of yourself
Afraid of what's inside
Nobody can help

On the sleepless nights
From tossing and turning in pain
Wishing only this monster
Would quit putting you in vain
Do you choose to give?
Or do you choose to live?