Poem: I Am Not

 I Am Not

I am not my disease,

But my disease is in me.

I am not my disease,

It does not laugh, or cry,

Or tell cheesy jokes.

I am not my disease,

It does not make decisions,

It does not dream.

I am not my disease,

And yet…

I am not my disease,

But it does affect me.

I am not my disease,

But it makes me laugh, and cry

And I joke about it.

I am not my disease,

But it affects my decisions,

And how I live my dreams.

I am not my disease,

But my disease is in me.