Ruminations

Savage worm - a sonnet to M.E. (CFS)

Invasion
(A sonnet to M.E*.)

You miserable worm, you wriggled in,
shrouded, cloaked by a simple virus.
A sly, insatiable, masked assassin,
writhing , twisting , feeding with a callous
indifference, violating my words, thoughts
energy, intellect, desire. You leave
behind a ramshackle woman, distraught,
grieving for a self too lost to retrieve.
But you, worm, beware, I have explored deep
within my ruined self. I have your measure.
For each joy you consume, each hurt you heap
I’ll fill with calm, find new life to treasure.
I’ll learn to listen, to write, paint. Somehow
worm, I will win.  I vow - this    rape    stops    now.

*Myalgic Encephalomyelitis  - a persistent debilitating disease. One way to attack back is to visualise the disease as an entity and to make its life hell.