Welcome to Litsy!

There's much to reflect upon in these poems, many insights into illness and recovery, caring for and being cared for, bereavement of who and what we will lose, and who and what we have lost.
Each reader's relationship to these poems will be different, depending on experience. For me, there were some uplifting moments, but overall I'm left feeling more sad than when I started reading, which in itself is something for me to reflect upon. 4❤️‍🩹

“Sometimes things don't go, after all,
from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel
faces down the frost; green thrives; the crops don't fail,
sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well.

A people sometimes will step back from war;
elect an honest man; decide they care
enough, that they can't leave some stranger poor.
Some men become what they were born for.

Sometimes our best efforts do not go
amiss; sometimes we do as we meant to.
⬇️

"Finding feelings reflected back to us brings comfort. Poetry can say things in a way that speaks directly to our experience and takes us down to the deepest levels. It allows us to acknowledge the intensity of what we are feeling - doesn't let us pretend we are 'all right'... The book is for everyone living with illness - their own or someone else's."
Sections:
- Admissions
- Poems to make you feel better
- What it feels like
⬇️