The following poem is from a collection of 41 written by me to try describing Huntington’s Disease (HD).

In the 2007 film “The Bucket List” two terminally ill men go on a road trip to do the things they want to do before they “kick the bucket”. Whilst learning you have the HD gene is never an easy thing to cope with… sometimes being faced with an early end makes you want to appreciate the here and now more.

This is the fourth and penultimate part to the saga. I wrote this before I get the real life Belle’s response, so it’s what caused me to get down to three hours of sleep a night and realize just how much she meant to me.

I awoke suddenly and grabbed my clock.

She’s completely ignored me for the last four weeks. She won’t return any of my calls or texts, walking past me as if I’ve never existed at school. Every time she criticises me in front of her friends, I die a little inside. Each new day, the rot goes deeper, further into my soul.

God, before you take me, at least let me finish my list.

Everyone in this world has some wishes.

We are all going to “kick the bucket” sometime in our lives. Are we working to accomplish our dreams.