Agony
I lay here wracked
with pain
Aching in every inch
of my body
My bones, my muscles;
they scream in agony
The drugs that flow
through my bloodstream
Merely dulling the
torment I am in
The knowledge certain
in my brain
That this pain will
never end
There is no cure,
no miracle drug
For as long as I live,
I will suffer
And I am young yet
I have many years
of life left in me
Each one likely to
be more agonizing than the one before
But I will live, I
will battle on
I will not win, but
I will not surrender
And when death finally
comes
With it will come
sweet release
And I will soar unencumbered
by suffering
Straight into the
heavens
Terri Lyn Stanfield
5/12/2001