I wrote this about Mum's MND - just a personal expression of my experience as a carer xx
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It started slowly, almost gently
Hiding it's rotten core
Is it physical or mental?
Don't want to know for sure
Ignorance is blissful
Compared to stark reality
But ignoring it is wishful
It won't relent, you see
It has no mercy, not an ounce
That dastardly disease
A sneaky snake about to pounce
Uncoil, then bite, then squeeze
Perhaps we're all a little stressed?
Dream on, my friend, dream on
Stay in your dreams and stay digressed
You'll wake before too long
It can't stop, won't stop, gaining pace.
A selfish kind of evil
Thieving things we can't replace
The ultimate upheaval
What's it's problem, why come here?
What gives it the right?
Unwelcome, nasty, undesired
A battle no-one wants to fight
But we'll fight it on the beaches
And on the landing grounds
Will not give in, won't let it reach us
Some wars have no sound
Battle on, chin up, stay strong
What else do you suggest?
For if you stay in bed too long.
You'll only get depressed.
It's powerful but it's spineless.
Why won't it just play fair?
How come it gets to crush us?
Yet retain elusive flair?
Powerless but determined
Live to fight another day
Keep busy, do the daily grind
As if the beast might go away
You can't run forever rabbit
But you still manage to forget
It's stolen all it can from you
BUT it hasn't got you yet
Watching it do it's damage
Makes me want to weep
The indignity, it's savage
The wound is very deep
But I won't give up if you won't
I learnt from the best you see
It can't steal love. It can't steal hope
Won't let it destroy me
Life's beautiful and life's a bitch
A rollercoaster ride
To have your health is to be rich
Keep dancing on the inside
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It started slowly, almost gently
Hiding it's rotten core
Is it physical or mental?
Don't want to know for sure
Ignorance is blissful
Compared to stark reality
But ignoring it is wishful
It won't relent, you see
It has no mercy, not an ounce
That dastardly disease
A sneaky snake about to pounce
Uncoil, then bite, then squeeze
Perhaps we're all a little stressed?
Dream on, my friend, dream on
Stay in your dreams and stay digressed
You'll wake before too long
It can't stop, won't stop, gaining pace.
A selfish kind of evil
Thieving things we can't replace
The ultimate upheaval
What's it's problem, why come here?
What gives it the right?
Unwelcome, nasty, undesired
A battle no-one wants to fight
But we'll fight it on the beaches
And on the landing grounds
Will not give in, won't let it reach us
Some wars have no sound
Battle on, chin up, stay strong
What else do you suggest?
For if you stay in bed too long.
You'll only get depressed.
It's powerful but it's spineless.
Why won't it just play fair?
How come it gets to crush us?
Yet retain elusive flair?
Powerless but determined
Live to fight another day
Keep busy, do the daily grind
As if the beast might go away
You can't run forever rabbit
But you still manage to forget
It's stolen all it can from you
BUT it hasn't got you yet
Watching it do it's damage
Makes me want to weep
The indignity, it's savage
The wound is very deep
But I won't give up if you won't
I learnt from the best you see
It can't steal love. It can't steal hope
Won't let it destroy me
Life's beautiful and life's a bitch
A rollercoaster ride
To have your health is to be rich
Keep dancing on the inside
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