CHRONIC AFFLICTIONS

CHRONIC AFFLICTIONS

Roger A. Davis

This month’s flavor: Sinus Infection
At least it’s not transplant rejection
I shouldn’t joke this subject around
Chronic afflictions can be serious ground

An ongoing medical snafu
Can end up with your family sitting in a funeral pew
Those of us who suffer just want relief
Drugs help, is our belief

Yet for many, it’s day by day
And for some, it’s a hospice terminal stay
Foxhole experiences where we learn to pray
At best, a hospital stay, eating from a food tray

This is kind of a downer rhyme
There’s not much humor in our illness time
If good health is restored
Praise and give thanks to The Lord

Though, if it’s a lifelong thing
Like blindness or loss of hearing
Many have overcome their curse
And have claimed it to be a blessing, not perverse

So count your blessings each day
Because somebody is in a worse way
This life is preparation for the life to come
And afflictions are added to your good character sum