the color orange, and other things twisted by chronic illness

my story

i was once told

to save my story

and write it

after i got better.

but

what if i don't

get better?

i don't want

to save my story

and have it drown

in the genre

of inspirational

getting-better stories.

i want

my story

to be a reminder

to those like me

that they are

not alone.

that being sick

doesn't mean

not living.

that you don't

have to

get better

to have

a story

worth hearing.