Go Away From Me

You are not your disease.

You are not depressed.

You are not AIDS.

You are not cancer.

You are not asthma.

You are not your diagnosis.

You are so much more than that.

Do not let your disease control your life.

When you look in the mirror

See yourself,

Not your disease.

Do not let your sickness pull you under.

And yes,

Swimming at first is hard.

It feels like you are always drowning.

You can't breathe.

But don't give up.

Don't sink.

Keep on fighting.

You are not a slave to your disease.

It is not an anchor

If you don't let it be.