Not all traits
That one inherits
From genes
Are good ones
Some can drive
You batty
When a simple
Sore throat
Sends you
Into an
Uncontrollable spiral
Of anxiety
Depression
Plus a hormonal
Monthly imbalance
You come to understand
That you have
Family mishugas
Granted the why
Of it all is
Very knowing
Sometimes you wish
Logic would help
From landing you
In body-brain
Divorce court
My maternal side
Of the family
Went through much
Tragedy in their lives
So though hearts were
Always strong
Minds?
Not so much
I am strong
But something small
Wreaked havoc on
My mind and in turn body
Family mishugas
Had my thoughts racing
I was unable to sleep
The fear gripped me
That the sore throat
Would send me back
To the chronic bedridden hell
I spent 2 years in
That my rebirth
On August 1st
Was just a dream
Things got so hard
Internally
I asked my father
To ask for prayers on Facebook
Because as we all know
One prayer
Is a mitzvah
A blessing
Makes even the non-religious
Closer to G-d
I know when my support system
Took to the spiritual internet
My family mishugas
Started to subside somewhat
As strength and peace
Swept through my body
And brain
Am I out of the woods?
No.
But I know in order
To recover
Setbacks
Are to be expected
Most important
To know is
No matter what
Continue to inch forward
And lay the
Family mishugas
To rest
***Mishugas is a Yiddish word meaning crazy.***
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Rebirth (Book 4)
PoetryThis book starts where Survivor left off only from a much more changed stand point and learning and living one day at a time. That doesn't, however, mean that I am cured of ME or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis; which I was diagnosed with in September of...
