crying
with frustration
why
don't you listen?
pain:
why d'you do this?
time
cry with clenches
get up
from your wheelchair
God
-forgotten prayer.
Jean Cheatham July 2009
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Arts organisation arthur+martha is working with hospital patients, staff and visitors, creating an insider’s guide to illness using poetic language and artworks. We invite you to use this blog to share your experiences of living with ill health.
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