My Fight With Parkinson's Poem by Andy Caldwell

my disease progresses
relentlessly it advances
I strike back with prayer
and with strength of will
I fight alone.....
though many others pray for me
and God sends comfort to me
but the battles I must fight
I can only fight alone
there's no way this pain
to ever share with anyone
and even if I could
I don't believe I would
others give their sympathies
and they share their empathy
but the battle is only me
it is my destiny
my finality