For Real? The Right Side of My Bed…
This morning I woke, to a new day
with no Parkinson’s, and feeling symptom free
Was a selfish thought
now a self wish caught
and had my PD truly neglected me… ?
As I lay there,
my inner will spoke to me
with this thought, embedded in my head
Its encouraging voice, saying you’ve got a choice
on which side you exit, from your bed
PD free, oh ya PD symptom free,
was it for real or a wish stuck in my head
I think I may have actually, beat the odds,
and woke up,
on the right side of my bed
As I inched my way to the foot of my bed
I checked, and thought ” Oh wow, is this really me ?”
Maybe a change in routine, is what I’ve been needin’
as the floor greeted my feet, can this be?
Had I broken a curse or been cured?
or had my PD ‘hit snooze’ and slept in?
One thing I’d not do, for sure
while feeling temporarily cured
would be phone PD
and ask it, “Hey, where have you been?”
Steady fingers, posture perfect,
a clear head
Had no trouble, making my bed
The 3 S’s went so smooth, heck I’d found my groove
and my morning paper didn’t shake while, I read
Ok do I stop now or do I pursue
this new reality, attempting to hijack my mind
But then, if this “no PD”
means mind and body are free
I’ll turn the tables and take back what’s rightfully mine
PD free, oh ya PD symptom free,
was it for real, or a wish that was stuck in my head
I think I may have actually, beat the odds,
and woke up,
on the right side of my bed
So how about I try something often asked
If I could turn back the hands of time, would it last?
Am I pushing my luck when I ask for this much
Count my blessings, for this day will soon be the past.
Truthfully, what I wrote and now you’ve read
was wishful thinking, playing over in my head
It was, momentarily, nice to believe
that my Parkinson’s would take leave
And it would not matter how I exited my bed.
Used by permission of the author.