fibromyalgia
isn't great.
but,
for all it takes,
it has given me something.
perspective.
i no longer
take for granted
good days,
friends who make me smile,
laughing with loved ones.
i hold those moments
like a candle flame
when days feel dark.
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the color orange, and other things twisted by chronic illness
Poetryone person's reflection on living with fibromyalgia