Lord, Reserve My Hands

Melissa Darsey 1984 (Greenville)



**This morning I had awoken, with this swelling in both
my hands,
And however this had started, I do not have a clue.
I wonder if there are people in my support who
understands,
Is this another symptom, that I will have to go through?
**One thing that will upset me, is losing my ability to
write,
I'd be very devastated, if I could not finish my book.
I swear that this condition, is like a thief in the night,
Disguised up as the Devil, who is nothing but a crook!
**| still cannot believe, how fast this has progressed,
Or how it all began, I honestly cannot see.
I also hate the fact, it's making me feel depressed,
I just think it's crazy that this crap is happening to me.
**So Lord, right now I ask You, to reserve my hands to
write,
So I'm able to inform others, about what Neuropathy can
do.
Have Your angels surround me, as they come to me in
flight,
In this I ask in Your Name, for I dedicate my book to You.

About this poem

Since I was diagnosed with Peripheral Neuropathy, I've experienced many different symptoms over the last year. Now I have swelling in my hands.

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Written on March 10, 2002

Submitted by Passionate_Poet39 on April 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 919
Words 196
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Stanza Lengths 22

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