WASTING AWAY

This song's pain is physical
It's not immaterial
Excruciating
I'm not above complaining
I need relief from aching
An ease to all this suffering
I'm not above complaining

I've found that I'm much weaker
Than I ever self-considered
Erratic, unsettled,
Decrepit, frail, and feeble
Wasting away
  
I know I shouldn't generalize
But urologists aren't nice
Nor empathetic
To agony emetic
I need an anesthetic
An ease to all this suffering
I'm not above complaining

Scant strength remains to fight this
Agony and affliction
Uncertain, uneasy,
Agitated, and fragile
Wasting away

--August 2020, Ash Hall