***Dedicating this poem to everyone I know and don't know that is suffering from ME***
Long have I awaited the moment
When I could once again
Enjoy my favorite holiday
The way I was supposed to
By walking in the
NYC Halloween Parade
This year
2015
After being bedridden for
Nearly two years
From ME
I was finally able
To accomplish that goal
But I didn't just do it for myself
I did it for the people who
Are still bedridden
Who are still dealing
With this horrific illness
They were in my heart
And mind
As I danced near
The Webster Hall float
Waving at every child I saw
In the crowd
Children are innocence
The parade is to show off our costumes
Yes
And have fun
But we can't forget
Who comes out to watch us
The kids that want to be a part of it
So for them I smiled and waved
As I boogied up 6th ave
With every step I took
Every movement I made
My chronically ill sisters and brothers
Were walking right beside me
NYC Halloween Parade 2015
Proved to be an awesome evening
I spoke to a lot of different people
Took quite a few pictures
Another feather in my
Inching forward cap
Recovery without a cure
That's just the way it has to
Be sometimes
And celebrating something
So fun
Even though I walked alone
Is worth every little bit
I am blessed
And honored
To have been able
To put on my massive
Eagle wings
My costume and makeup
And enjoy every precious second
Of the
NYC Halloween Parade 2015
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Rebirth (Book 4)
PoetryThis book starts where Survivor left off only from a much more changed stand point and learning and living one day at a time. That doesn't, however, mean that I am cured of ME or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis; which I was diagnosed with in September of...
