Sickness Poems
Poems for when a Loved One is Sick
When a family member has an illness, the entire family can be affected. The way that the illness is dealt with has an affect on the entire family. Some mothers or fathers feel that it is best to discuss the illness as little as possible with their children because they don't want to worry them. This can often have the opposite effect. Because the children know something is going on, but they don't know what, it often feels more scary for them. It is often best to give them as much information as they ask for. In this way they will feel part of what is going on.
39 Poems About Sickness and Pain
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1. Living With Dementia
She's trapped inside the prison walls
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That used to be her mind.
The woman that she used to be,
Has long been left behind.Featured Shared StoryWould love to read some of your experiences. I am currently caring for and have two care givers looking after my 80 year old mother.
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2. I'm A Person Too
Here I lie in bed again, Awaiting my next meal.
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A worker barges in my room, As if it's no big deal.
What ever happened to courtesy? Just a little knock.Featured Shared StoryI too worked as a CNA for 15 plus years and then I choose to do private home health care. I always respected my residents and my private clients and demanded that everyone else did. They each...
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3. In His Hands
I heard some bad news today, something that made me scared,
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Today I found out my dad has cancer; it was something I had always feared.
I knew many people that passed away because of this evil cell,
Yet I know of some that beat it, and of course turned out well.Featured Shared StoryI have a friend. Her 8-year-old girl is diagnosed with a brain tumor. I want a poem to comfort her and tell her everything will be fine. This will be her second operation. She is still young.
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4. Changing Places
I see the sadness in your eyes,
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The times that you are knowing
What's happening to your wondrous mind,
The symptoms you are showing.Featured Shared StoryMemories! I was 53, he 54 when the complications of Alzheimer's took him. At his prime as an exporter, his secretary fell for him. I left and visited Canada for 3 months, but on my return,...
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5. Living With Dementia
My mind is not what it once was:
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wilting like a rose.
One thing you must remember:
this is not the life I chose.Featured Shared StorySometimes you just NEED a break. My parents' assisted living center is short on staff, and I'm trying to be there more. Last night I fed them BOTH and then (with my horrible back with tumors...
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6. Past, Present, Future
My eyes glistening with tears,
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But not yet fallen.
I'm crying, but they're silent tears.
I'm crying on the inside so you are unable to seeFeatured Shared StoryMy dad had epilepsy, and i remember waking up in the middle of the night to hear him crying because of his seizures, because he had accidentally hurt one of us. As a kid I was always having...
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7. Stay Strong
I have this illness
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that I've suffered from for so long
and I don't know how,
but I've got to find a way to stay strong,Featured Shared StoryStay strong you'll make it through it's so hard I know it's true, but think of what it will be at the end, a story to tell. You've been through thick and thin and you ask yourself will it...
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8. Grandpa I Love You
Grandpa I love you and I always will.
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It makes me so sad to see you so sick,
I wonder why you were god's pick?
maybe because you were such a good man ...Featured Shared StoryMy grandad is currently in hospital with a worsening case of cancer! it isn't certain he is going to die but he is not it a good place at all! We live far away and I don't see him often at...
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9. One Wish
If I had one last wish to make it would have to be,
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that God would heal my mom and give her pain to me.
For I've never seen my mom hurt so bad in all my life,
I'd do anything and everything to take her pain and strife.Featured Shared StoryTo my mother, Virginia Galvan, from her firstborn. I love you, Mommy, and I pray to God that you will be all right. I pray that he will be with you and make you strong like the person he...
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10. Shell Of A Person I Once Knew
You're the shell of the person I once knew.
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When I talk, I know you can hear,
But I barely feel your spirit lingering near.
Featured Shared StoryI hear what you are saying. It hurts a lot I know. When I was born my mothers lung both collapsed and when the doctor put a tube of oxygen into her lungs, it had golden staff on it. For the...
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11. Grandma
O Grandma, O Grandma, don't ever give up hope.
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All you family and friends are learning to cope.
Please stay strong and never stop praying.
You will get better soon; that's what everyone is saying.Featured Shared StoryBeautiful poem. I love it. One of my favorite poems on this website.
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12. My Father
My father is ill
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And fading away
Still here for a while
And a few more days...Featured Shared StoryThis made me cry, such a great poem. My dad has multiple sclerosis and has lived in a nursing home for 16 years. I'm only 20 so almost my whole life he has been in there. I know once he dies...
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13. Last Embers Verse I
The clarity of my mind has faded.
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Those vibrant thoughts, slowly washed away.
Memories once so strong, are now so distant.
Names of those I held so dear, escape me now.Featured Shared StoryI and (I'm guessing many hundreds of thousands of) others know exactly what you mean first-hand.
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14. Suffering Up Close
Suffering up close is so different from afar,
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it's the supreme test in life,
to show what strengths there are.
Featured Shared StoryDear Melissa, I am so sorry it took me so long to reply to you. I am sorry for the loss of your father, my heart goes out to you. I wrote "Suffering Up Close" after my precious mother passed...
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15. Losing Me...Finding Me
I look in the mirror and the person I see
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Is someone who used to be me.
That person was strong and healthy, rarely ill,
And her energy was endless; she never sat still.Featured Shared StorySorry to hear that, Paul. Keep your head up, and I would love to hear more of your poetry and share some of your future journey. Sharing helps. Keep fighting
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16. Hush-A-By Baby, Don't Cry
He grows everyday
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And thinks 'never die'
Life he will live his way
Hush-a-by baby, don't cry...Featured Shared StoryThis poem makes me sit here and just bawl because my baby brother is very sick. I know on my heart that I am going to out live him. It kills me to admit that but it is true. But this little...
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17. Dementia
There are times when things seem normal again
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We laugh and talk about trivial things
We enjoy each other's company
But we can't deny the thought in our mindsFeatured Shared StoryThank you so much for both of your comments on two of my poems. I wrote both from my heart and experience as I do all my poems. It is rewarding to know that I was able to convey my feelings...
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18. Dementia
Help me to remember
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What I forget each day.
Don't let the dementia
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19. Can He See Me?
Can he see me?
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Can he hear me?
Does he know I'm there?
When I am standing at his bedside or sitting in a chair.Featured Shared StoryI have a friend that's keeping their illness/sickness a secret. Not telling family or friends. Just struggling to deal with it alone. So I'm trying to encourage her and help in any way I can.
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20. A Forgotten Life
She resides in a home, sits in a chair,
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Nothing to bother her, make her worry or care.
Caretakers to help her wash and dress,
Doing all that they can not to cause her distress.Featured Shared StoryHello. I can so relate to what you have said. and of course more than what you have said. My Dad got dementia when he was 83. He wouldn't accept that he needed help and I would take weeks...
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