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Cystic Fibrosis MAG
Slipping away without a purpose,
My name no one will ever know.
Before the ground turns frozen again I will have breathed my last breath.
My body will have matched the temperature of the frosty air.
Those suffering with cystic fibrosis also
Have begun to pull out their bucket lists,
Leaving this world in bitter sorrow, realizing on their deathbed all that they have missed.
Such a young age to give up hope,
But oh does our future look bleak,
Surrounded by oxygen masks and endless transplants,
Doing all that we can not to fall off the face of the earth.
An ocean of a disease, toying constantly with our health and emotions,
Trying to hold in our bitterness as others continue to breathe with ease,
Putting fake smiles on our faces as we try to swim up for air,
We break above the surface and then
finally disappear.
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