Tuesday, February 28, 2023

"Worse Case Scenerio"

weakness tangles within rigidity   

and involuntary movement demands thought and discipline   
requiring repetition and obsession to manage endless days   
even as neurons decay 
 
no hope    
only loss crossed off the calendar day-by-day
  
the fight for dignity fatigues    
an unbearable weight constricting life   
she is Prometheus, bound   
punished for bringing enlightenment    
tortured in mind and body until eternity   

speech struggles against silence   
and suddenly words flee   
what is this?   
confusion adds to the overload   

helplessly caught in disintegration   
too much misplaced   
not enough forgotten   
gone too soon   
or not soon enough   






Copyright 2011 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman

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