in the beginning it was all I had
if I didn’t get out there and do it I thought I would go mad
day by day I struggled through
stronger, faster, fitter, leaner I got – as you do
with the various groups among the community
I read, wrote, talked, breathed and lived the reality
then one day it hurt and felt so wrong
after ice, rest, consultations, scans
goals, life dreams were taken away – gone
now the hurt and disappointment rides me
I’ve been let down
and seriously with the pain no fun to be around
it was an intimate relationship don’t you see
part of the characterizing lifeblood flows through me
without it I’m not sure who I am meant to be
