The RA Curse

peterwicks

As the author of over 500 poems and as some one who has cared for my dear wife for over twenty year, I have witnessed her torment with the pain of Rheumatoid arthritis..to this end I wrote this poem many years ago to try and explain her suffering....and now I would like to share it with her fellow suffers...

The RA Curse

The pain,”Oh” the hammer blow pain
As rheumatoid arthritis attacks again
Once nimble fingers and agile limbs
Are distant memories when RA begins
A sudden ache or a stiffening limb


Or bones that hurt from deep within
You see your doctor and he will say
“Take these pills and it will go away”
The pain persists and getting worse
But you've never heard of the RA curse


The swelling joints on all your limbs
The unknown fear of what this means
A blood test shows a negative blip
Rheumatoid Arthritis has got a grip
This dreadful disease, this painful curse
Starts crippling the body and getting worse


Distorted fingers and twisted joints
Toes that swell, way-out of shape
Screaming torture each step you make
The pain you feel is best described
As a six inch nail being hammered inside


Or your fingers crushed in a workman’s vice
The pressure increases within its grip
The bones and sinews distort and split
So don’t dismiss RA out of hand
RA effects both woman and man
Life can play some evil tricks
“YOU” may be the next one to suffer with it

Peter Wicks

PS...Send this to the heartless ones within our government...

valval

this made my eyes fill with tears it says so well what we feel day in and day out val

stickywicket

Thank you Peterwicks. if everyone understood what it's like as well as you do we would have fewer problems.

It must be hard for you too though. Arthritis hits everyone, not just the person with the diagnosis. I hope you manage to get some time to look after yourself, in addition to your wife.

CJHunter

stickywicket wrote:

Thank you Peterwicks. if everyone understood what it's like as well as you do we would have fewer problems.

It must be hard for you too though. Arthritis hits everyone, not just the person with the diagnosis. I hope you manage to get some time to look after yourself, in addition to your wife.

Well said Sticky. Great poem , it is so true.

All the best
Clare xx

Mat48

Very powerful - well done. Have you sent it to NRAS also I wonder? They have a magazine - maybe annual or maybe more frequent - but anyway they publish poetry and prose about RA and are the charity that specifically support people with RA in the UK. So sure the people on that site would also appreciate reading it if you haven't already been sent it to them? Mat48

frogmorton

WEll written Peter.

So much insight too.

Thanks for letting us read it

Love

Toni xx

julie47

Thank you peter for letting us read your poem, I couldn't have written it better and I am an ra sufferer.
Juliepf x

traluvie

Love the poem peter,

You should post it in poetry corner too..

diamond

Well written Peter,it certainly brought a tear to my eye.Thanks for sharing your poem with us.Kind Regards.x

peterwicks

Hey all those great replies...thank you all...please feel free to copy this to anyone you like...maybe it will bring home the pain you all suffer to those who have no idea...
Peter xx

barbara12

Hi Peter
thanks for sharing this with us,pain is one thing that we all know about...whether it be RA or OA..or one the many other Arthur's...poetry is one way of getting it through to others what it can be like.
You take care...oh and welcome to this lovely forum..

dreamdaisy

Hi Peter, please post it on the poetry thread: it's a permanent thread on the top of the ChitChat forum, your poem will always be there for people to read. Please. I wish you both well. DD

kathbee

Well done Peter
all so true I'm afraid.

Kath