this baby almost died
from kidney failure
diets and doctors
tried to save her
frightened parents
never stopped
vitality became
the philosopher's stone
too precious
for gym class
artificiality seemed to
supply it later on
simultaneously complicating
the honing in on
why the mind
was slowly deteriorating
extraversion took shotgun
to well-being
that masqueraded
as freedom until now
when all of this
was heard and seen
and what was left to do
was give a fill
from the fountain of will
to that beloved energy
