I feel like I can't take it anymore;
each throb a reminder of what I've lost:
my energy, my health, my independence,
they have all been tossed!
But I refuse to let pain control my life!
I'll keep fighting through the strife,
I'll hold onto hope and push through the tears,
I'll find strength to conquer my fears!
The pain may be a constant companion,
but I won't let it take hold and win,
I'll still smile and find moments of joy,
I won't let the pain my spirit destroy!
So I'll take a deep breath and hold on tight,
for the battle against pain, I'll continue to fight.
Hope will light the way, and I'll never let it fade!
The pain may be strong, but so am I, unafraid.
Image by Nika Akin from Pixabay
Here are some of the poems I previously published here on Hive and on Steemit:
**DARK TIDE** | **INNER FIRE, INNER VOICE** | **DUAL SIGNS** | **MISS TURTLE HEAD** | **STUDENT OF HOPE** | **TIME FOR LOVE** | **IT STARTS AND ENDS WITH YOU** | **OUT OF METAPHORS** | **PARADOX** | **NO FREE WILL** | **TOMORROW** | **BITTER MOON** | **TAME YOUR FEAR** | **CHOOSE LIFE** | **MARIPOSA\`S SONG** | **A PAWN** | **ROAR**| **BEHIND THE CURTAIN** | **LET WIDOWS SMILE**| **QUEEN OF SHAME AND BLAME** | **COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS** | **LAST WISH** | **PREDICTION**| **DRAWN TO BLACK** | **BRUISES** | **RED CARDINAL**| **INCOGNITO LIFE** | **CROWN OF QUILLS** | **STOLEN LIVES** | **THE KITE RUNNER** | **THE MOUNTAINS** | **BALAD** | **SHOOTING STARS** | **YOU ARE NOT ALONE** | **ALL BOUT LOVE**| **A TALE OF A MINNOW AND A WHALE** | **LONG WAY DOWN 1** | **LONG WAY DOWN 2**| **SPIDER QUEEN** | **MINA'S EULOGY** | **THE CIRCLE OF LIFE** | **YOU KNOW IT ALL** | **CONFESSION OF A HUSBAND** | **BROKEN DREAM**| **THE RETURN OF A HERX** | **CLOSE THE DOORS** | **IT IS LOVE** | **BROKEN SOUL** | **FREEDOM** | **SPEECHLESS** | **CHECKOUT POINT** | **TEENAGE YEARS** | **PINK**| **PAIN** | **DARE** | **LOST** | **HEAVEN CAN WAIT**| **THE DEMON WITHIN**| **ANCHORED** | **A PLACE I LONG TO BE** | **ETERNAL LOVE** | **ONE LONG HOUR** | **CHANGING SKIES**
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Lavi Picu is an interdisciplinary artist, currently residing in Montreal, Canada. She is an emerging visual artist who uses painting and poetry as alternative forms of self expression as well as pain management therapy for Lyme disease. She is also the author of four soulful collections of poetry.