Parkinson’s is brutal, can’t you see?
The ways in which it has affected me.
It’s changed my life, beyond all recognition,
Affected everything, including cognition.
Thirty years too early, all are surprised,
“Thank f***” it’s not me, they all summized
He can handle it, he’s good like that,
If only they knew, where I’m at!
I think I may have had it for many a year,
It explains why I’ve lost interest in all I held dear.
From hobbies and past times to my working life,
I’ve lost it all, except my wife.
It answers a lot of questions, this diagnosis,
I haven’t felt right, for bloody ages.
Twelve years at a guess, I couldn’t put my finger on it,
From my right arm not swinging, to feeling shaky and shit.
I feel stiff and slow and it feels like I shake,
When I try and do something, I mess do I make.
I wake in the morning, and for a moment forgotten,
That for the rest of the day, I’ll feel so rotten.
Parkinson’s is brutal, as I’m sure you’ll agree,
And now have an insight, how it’s affected me.
Thank f*** it’s not me, I heard them cry,
But what have I done ? Why me, why why ?
John Evenden
March 2024
It certainly is brutal