Diabetes Said to Me

 Diabetes said to me, "You think you know me? 

Just wait! You're in for a wild ride!"

Diabetes said to me, "Your doctor thinks you've got this.

Ha! How easily fooled he is!"

I replied to diabetes, "I've go this! It will be easy!"

I thought I knew all I needed to know.

Like the song that doesn't end, neither does diabetes.

Like the changing seasons, 

days of brightness turn into days of darkness.

Conversations with caregivers, family and friends,

well-meaning busy bodies. 

Sometimes soft and subtle, full of quiet contemplation.

Suddenly turning fast and loud, judgmental. 

Needing to find a way to quiet their critiques.

I open a box of crayons where each one is different.

Every color is beautifully unique.

Like my diabetes. Unique to me.

 Not simple to understand but part of me now.

Diabetes said to me, "You think you know me?"

I replied to diabetes, "You think you know ME?"

 

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