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<B>only to return and hurt you more.</B></div> <div> <B>I love to make you hurt.</B></div> <div> <B>I love to make you cry.</B></div> <div> <B>Better yet, I love when I make you hurt so bad  you can</B></div> <div> <B>neither think straight nor cry.</B></div> <div> <B>You can't feel anything at all. This is true glory.</B></div> <div> <B>And all I wish for  you is long-term suffering.</B></div> <div> <B>I'm going to be there for you always.</B></div> <div> <B>When things were going right in your life, a slight injury,</B></div> <div> <B>or operation or small fracure allowed me into your body to</B></div> <div> <B>hurt you.</B></div> <div> <B>You said you didn't deserve this.</B></div> <div> <B>And I was the only one who would disagree with you.</B></div> <div> <B>Together we were able to destroy all things good in your</B></div> <div> <B>life.</B></div> <div> <B>People don't take me seriously. They take strokes seriously.</B></div> <div> <B>They take heart attacks seriously.</B></div> <div> <B>They even take diabetes and liver disjunction seriously.</B></div> <div> <B>Fools that they are.</B></div> <div> <B>They don't know that without my help most of these would not</B></div> <div> <B>be made</B></div> <div> <B>possible.</B></div> <div> <B>I am such a hated disease.</B></div> <div> <B>More than you hate me; I hate all of you who have found a</B></div> <div> <B>way to control me.</B></div> <div> <B>Your Gods, your prayers, your Drs., all weaken me.</B></div> <div> <B>And I can't function in the manner I am accustomed to.</B></div> <div> <B>Now I must lie here quietly.</B></div> <div> <B>You don't see me, but I am growing, bigger than ever.</B></div> <div> <B>But I am here...and until we meet again,</B></div> <div> <B>If we meet again...</B></div> <div> <B>I wish you death and suffering.                                         </B></div> <div> <B>                                                                                            Written by Ducky, 2000</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> MY LIFE BELONGS TO ME........NOT   RSD</div> <bR> <div> <B>Just a man, an officer at work, no way to ever see</B></div> <div> <B>What that fateful day,  had in store for me.</B></div> <div> <B>In just one moment, as my arm struck the floor, </B></div> <div> <B>My life was changed forever, of that I am sure.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Doctors have been stumped, they know not what to say, </B></div> <div> <B>They've told me repeatedly, they can't make it go away.</B></div> <div> <B>So now I spend each day, the same way as each night</B></div> <div> <B>In pain from sunrise, and way on past the moonlight.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Surgeries, procedures, and attempts galore</B></div> <div> <B>Yet it seemed they were never ever sure</B></div> <div> <B>Some Doctors said this, yes others said maybe not</B></div> <div> <B>No one seemed to know exactly what I got.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>After twenty five months, I decided for myself</B></div> <div> <B>That no longer would I let my life be put up on a shelf</B></div> <div> <B>So I told my Doctors and therapists exactly what I'd seen for me</B></div> <div> <B>I told them come hell or high water, I would not sit by idly</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Although each day I feel the pain, even before I awake</B></div> <div> <B>Even before  the spasms and my hands begin to shake</B></div> <div> <B>It's painfully obvious of the muscle and strength that has passed</B></div> <div> <B>And clear as hell the pain is here to last</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But finally I have set a goal, determined to succeed</B></div> <div> <B>To work hard and do whatever it is that I need</B></div> <div> <B>Each morning that I awake I promise to tell my RSD</B></div> <div> <B>To move on over, 'cause my life now belongs to me</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Dedicated to all those affected by RSD         </B></div> <div> <B>Andrew Volchko   </B></div> <div> <B>11-11-2002</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Freezing fire burns inside, </B></div> <div> <B>My gut feelings say step aside, </B></div> <div> <B>The Beast arises to take control, </B></div> <div> <B>my limbs, my skin, my temperature. </B></div> <div> <B>The Beast is fierce, It's fire and ice, </B></div> <div> <B>together, wherever, it strikes like knives. </B></div> <div> <B>Numbing, aching, constant nag, </B></div> <div> <B>It creeps upon you like an ugly hag </B></div> <div> <B>that beats you down for your last breath </B></div> <div> <B>to take from you whatever's left. </B></div> <div> <B>The Beast is fierce, It's fire and ice, together, </B></div> <div> <B>wherever, it strikes like knives. </B></div> <div> <B>No sleep, no rest, just constant pain, </B></div> <div> <B>until the sun comes up again. </B></div> <div> <B>Then the day will start anew. </B></div> <div> <B>with the freezing fire inside of you. </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> Lisa D</B></div> <div> <B>cookforu@comcast.net</B></div> <div> <B>July 2003</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>