Here’s a poem to inspire expression of gratitude.

Stillness and peace, birth gratitude.

(Written in Rictameter Chain form)

Everyone needs to feel appreciated from time to time.

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

“The Impatient Patient” is about how infuriating HD patients can be. This one was written to try and get acrosss the other side of how rewarding it can be looking after a loved one and how hard it is for the person affected.

Whilst the poems have been written having looked at many peoples’ tales of HD, this one is simply about me and my husband. He’s still able to read a little bit as of Nov 2009 but as every day passes his reading skills are diminishing and he tries his hardest to hide it.

Sometimes my husband is struggling so hard to read an item such as sport, where he really wants to know what’s happening, and I make some excuse to read the article aloud.I can see he is relieved but embarrassed.

I’m doing my best to help him retain his dignity as each layer of indepenence is taken from him but it’s only a matter of time…

“Life is too important to be easy”.

When my ex-boyfriend ended our relationship so bitterly I needed to find some closure. His attitude and behavior towards me made it so much easier to detach myself emotionally from our bitter breakup. I wrote this to let him know that what he was doing only helped me get over him a lot easier and quicker than I ever expected. I also was thanking him for helping me with speeding up the grieving process so that I was able to move on.

Poem.

Thoughts for a more productive day.

A Thanksgiving poem.

Forever in gratitude.