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I Cannot Believe
by Joan SerratelliI cannot believe
I finally found
a drug that works
and now
they're taking
it aay from me
I now have
to face the
fact:
I'll never be
what I want
I'll never have
what I want
I wish
I had never
tried
the drug
I wish
that it had never
worked on me
I now have
to go back
to the world
I hate
There's no hope
I give up
I'm too tied
to fight
02/27/2009 Author's Note: I was put on a drug about 2 weeks ago which actially gave me back my life. I developed some bizarre side effects, and the doctor ill not prescribe it to me anymore :-(
Posted on 02/27/2009
Copyright © 2026 Joan Serratelli
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 02/27/09 at 11:48 PM ...wow. much pathos for you, much from me. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/28/09 at 03:47 AM Joan - I'm hoping this is a step to another more helpful drug for you. Total bummer that this one has side affects. I think of you often and the options and frustrations you have. I have to keep hoping. |
| Posted by Genevieve Sturrock on 02/28/09 at 03:51 AM my mom found a drug that worked on her illness and the FDA pulled it. it was horrible for her for a while. you have my complete sympathy! |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 02/28/09 at 04:48 AM Maybe there's another one out there, that won't have bizarre side affects? I hope you get your life back, regardless. I am wrestling with mine at the moment, and tired. Maybe tomorrow will be better for both of us. |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 02/28/09 at 01:48 PM I wrap my arms around you, Joan. And, I'm with Kristina's thoughts on this - I'm hoping this is a step to another more helpful drug for you. Your doctor surely didn't pull you off this drug except that it is dangerous for you, love. |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 02/28/09 at 07:51 PM Wow. I'm sorry, Joan. It sounds like being given sight after having no sight, only to have to go back to being blinded again. I'll be praying.... |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 03/08/09 at 06:15 PM Doctor giveth, doctor taketh away...sometimes the side effects don't matter, relief is more important sometimes, maybe. Thanks. |
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