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No Life

by Joan Serratelli

A life
filled with pain
is no life
at all
I'd much rather die
than go on
and on

I've tried
to be patient
hoping for
a cure
because
a life
filled with pain
is no life
at all

The meds that they
give me
no longer work
I absolutely refuse
to get
any worse

I've tried
and I've failed
the pain
is intense
both emotional
and physical
I've done
my best

I wake up
in the morning
filled with hope
that this day
will be better
but it's always
just worse

I cannot go on
feeling this way
a life is
no life
if it's just
filled with pain

04/13/2009

Author's Note: Feeling sorry for myself. I have DYSTONIA- a rare neurological condition. I am in constant pain. I feel helpless.

Posted on 04/13/2009
Copyright © 2026 Joan Serratelli

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Charlie Morgan on 04/13/09 at 02:36 PM

...joan, your pain is so succinctly put in your words, your anguish...i see you as my mythological Joan 'de Arc...as you're doing: write it out! love at you chaz

Posted by A. Paige White on 04/13/09 at 03:07 PM

So glad you put this out there. You are in my prayers Joan.

Posted by Razel Davies on 04/13/09 at 03:18 PM

This brought tears to my eyes. Such pain should not be for one such as you.

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/13/09 at 03:46 PM

I also appreciate that you can write about this. Many would hide totally away.

Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 04/13/09 at 07:29 PM

It takes some pretty impressive strength to put out something like this. It's not at all surprising to see that you have this strength in spades.

Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 04/13/09 at 07:42 PM

Joan, you are a brave, strong woman and I pray for your healing and relief. Your anguish snd pain shown through your poem touches my heart and brings tears.

Posted by Melissa Panther on 04/13/09 at 07:54 PM

Your expression here is so genuine...authentic, raw. May you find a calm in the storm.

Posted by Genevieve Sturrock on 04/13/09 at 08:16 PM

you have my complete sympathy! my mom lives with chronic pain as well and it is so difficult to see her suffer. she tries to hard to keep up a happy front, but it exhausts us both. hugs and prayers!

Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 04/14/09 at 07:27 PM

You suffer bravely your quiet torture...I wish for cessation of your pain, and pray you may endure it long as it lasts...most sincerely, my friend. Thanks.

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