Life With Sickle Cell

If you know me very well Then you will recognize I am a fighter I have oppressed the cigarette lighter With sickle cell, it's a different story to tell Every day I wake up to a glorious sunshine Counting my lives for I once had at least nine This sickle cell has taken from me what is mine It has frozen in time and crossed my border line But I must smile - I have to smile And I swear I will not be defeated all the while The remnants of my pain are stacked up in a pile But I must smile - I have to smile You see, I want to be a stimulating warrior That makes this sickle cell malady look inferior In every single point of longitude and latitude I face another challenge of people's attitude They are talking about my life expectancy Urging me to hasten with the agenda of pregnancy My life is in a rush and I must ignore my secret crush I have been guided to toy with the idea of many marriages But we must all die one day wrapped in different packages Regardless of age we all have our different challenges So today I smile, I have to smile and I blush and blush Tomorrow again will be a hurricane of pain and depression It's insane as it leaves me damaged with a dubious expression Is death imminent and what do I live for? But I will fight for love and progression I will fight to free myself from sickle cell oppression I will fight to display this in my global poetic sessions And I will fight to pursue normal education and a profession And I will never cease to give up - No I will never give up For each day there is hope and blessings from the top. Negativity in life with sickle cell illness must stop This sickle cell disease in my World will be a flop! Copyright 2019 Lovina Sylvia Chidi Dedicated to all those with 'Sickle Cell' illness. I learnt about this recently from someone special that was going through the illness and I feel people need to be more aware about Sickle Cell disease.