What’s this all about?

 

Thoughts after a recent diagnosis

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I know it’s blind,
It has no thought
It has no mind.
Lying beneath the skin
Trying to halt your breath,
Deep in the joints
So troublesome to find.
It hides in your eyes
Or deep in your heart,
But it never halts your smile.
It cares not for you,
Just out to cause harm.
Hiding for years
Waiting to surface,
It can choose to stay
Or leave you soon.
Raise your chin,
Don’t give in!
Keep up the fight 
Like fighters do.
So many care, 
And as many share your fear