I am your favorite old sweater
Keeping you warm
In the night
I am scratchmade chicken soup
Ginger ale
Loaf of freshly baked bread
The dog at the foot of your bed
Feeling crappy
Shivering
Then baking
Throated battleground
Trench warfare
Misery
My arm
Gathers you in
Support
Strength
Find enough to soldier on
Take care of the kids
One step
One step
One step at a time
Cup of herbal tea with honey
Hot bath
Fresh pj’s
Why does my body betray me
Feel the force
Drive away the inner demons
Drive away the pain
Stares down cold threats
Finds strength within
Finds a reason to go on and on
That’ll never be a sin
David Trudel © 2012
