Medically Recommended Compliance
My body has never made me feel frail
My heart plays at Vivace
It has to distribute my breath on its own
My muscles hold my unstable joints in place
I’ve learned to protect my head each time I fall
I have never been helpless
I had never been helpless
Until you
Once a year is meant to be enough
To trust you with my life
30 years, a life’s worth of experience
It only takes 10 minutes to take away the rest of mine
You keep me the worst kind of tongue-tied
suture my tongue to the roof of my mouth
Then tell me not to speak
It would hurt if I try to tear it out
No one will believe me
Were I to pry my mouth open
I would speak, mouth full of blood
And be condemned for creating a biohazard
Who can I come to
Who can be accountable
Who can help me
My muscles are busy keeping my joints in place
My mind is busy planning how to protect my skull when I fall
My heart is busy doing the job of my whole circulatory system
My body is strong
It won’t be once this is over
I will have to lose everything before you will bother to look
My words will only be seen if I put them on my gravestone















