Robbed of Speech and power to eat (Poem)

Robbed of Speech and power to eat It gets truly incredibly difficult to eat To chew and even simply to swallow It makes your mouth seem as if it’s false Much like a hole that’s truly hollow You have to take care what you now eat It easily goes the wrong way and can choke Yes it seems that this awful deadly disease Is set out to indeed simply purely provoke It also robs you of the power of speech Leaves you like you’re stupid and dumb You cannot even answer a telephone It’ll make you afraid, feeling quite numb In time you’ll not be able to raise an arm Let alone ever walk never mind lift a leg And with no way for you to eat or drink For life’s rapid end you’ll most likely beg They may have to feed you through a tube Into your stomach to give you some strength But this will really not help you at all Not even to stand let alone walk a length You’ll need a hoist to get you to bed Carers to watch you through the night Your entire life absolutely stops totally And literally nothing ever again goes right You can’t sign your name let alone write Yes Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, deadly it seems Takes away your literal every nerve end A living nightmare, haunting even your dreams Pen name Christopher Robin Copyright Registration TXu 1-598-108