PRECIPICE

(For those unfamiliar with Kurtzke's Expanded Disability Status Scale or EDSS, you can view the information here:  http://www.mstrust.org.uk/atoz/edss.jsp)

MS EDSS 6.0

is where I am at present
 
with rollator and power chair
 
their cherry red, resplendent
 
I may remain for years like this
 
but there’s no way to know
 
I wobble at a precipice
 
a slippery slope below
 
(and know from watching lives of friends
 
how far down it can slide)
 
so, lessons learned from brutal truth
 
have taught me to abide
 
within this moment’s boundaries
 
without a cure in sight
 
Insurance Co.’s and Big Pharma
 
too rich to do what’s Right
 
I’m just an aphid to their ants
 
though tended not as well
 
they’ve no plans to give me a chance
 
so, only time will tell.


Barb Robinson
4/23/2014