New poem, maybe help inspire some people?

[gkcoley]

This poem is important to me, for one it is mostly positive which is odd for me lol, its for all those people with health issues.  I have kidney failure and im on dialysis so im right in the thick of this topic.  Basically with this im saying when you have health problems life is hell and a battle but you have to focus on the happy things that keep you going, and while our bodies and spirits may be broken, our spirits must always hold on to hope, even when it seems dead and the landscape of life barren. 

Oh, and tenth circle is in reference to Dante's divine comedy, he says there are 9 circles of hell, and well, when you have health issues life seems like the 10th circle of hell at times, and the light is the happiness so its liek 'ode to the happiness in our hell' lol

Ode to the Light of the Tenth Circle

This life I lead is not serene,
   Scars from a battle long lost,
Not all casualties are seen,
   Bleeding hope is the harsh cost.

Mourn the loss of a life never seen,
   Every day is a battle in the war,
Demons chant all that’s never been,
   Willing to sell your soul to settle the score.

Live in the dreams of brighter lights,
   Always so broken and scarred,
So weary of the forlorn fights,
   Break the old chains of joy barred.

Exist on fleeting moments of worth,
   Some days are so hard to live,
Still you fight for more days here on earth,
   Feel there’s nothing left to give.

Cries echo for the heavens to feel,
   Condemned here with all the pain of hell,
On this last line love does steal,
                  This broken spirit where hopes still dwell.

[monrein]

I like it.   

[texasstyle]

 I appreciate the truthfulness in your poem. No we don't always feel good about things, and writing about it is a good way to vent. Like many, my husband has many a day were he suffers. But today although a little tired, he was productive and that made him feel good. Life on dialysis is an adjustment. You don't need to live with "leaps and bounds" in order to feel you're really liviing life.  The small things, well they mean more now a days than any giant leap ever did for us. I hope you feel the same way. Keep writing! I'd sure like to hear more if you want to share.

[kristina]

Hello,
I also appreciate the truthfulness of your poem.
(It makes me even more determined to keep pre-Dialysis for as long as possible...)

I do hope many people have a chance to read the poem
especiallly since the general public are not told the truth about Dialysis...

...And of course, Dialysis saves lives, but wouldn’t it be wonderful
if Doctors could invent something much more friendly for patients who need Dialysis ?