The loss of a thumb
is not too bad
especially on only one hand
it’s a bit more distressing
when the other goes too
your grip is down the chute
But
you still have eight fingers
though one is swan-necked
another is swollen quite badly
the real problem comes
when your wrists start swelling
and your shoulders hurt like the dickens
You still create music
if just a bit slower
you certainly won’t ever be great
and your typing crawls along
while fingers fly no more
and it’s a task just to get a space(bar)
If your ankles and knees don’t
want to hold your weight
you sit and you might become fatter
though you still move around
you don’t go very far
and try very hard not to complain
Up till now your back held out
you’ve been able to do what you can
but once the joints get inflamed
and the tendons start crying
that’s the day you stay in bed
and you wait for a sign
Nowhere do you go
your spirit stops soaring
your mind bogs down in pain
your life stands still
and you ask yourself
Why?????
when the weather is better
the house needs cleaning
your book needs revising
your horn needs playing
your garden needs planting
and you learn to stay in the Now
because you can deal with
one moment of pain
but not many
and then
you let the body heal itself
and you learn
patience
acceptance
and the loving kindness and compassion
from someone who cares
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