We Hear You: A POTS/Long COVID Recovery Poem

I promise to always raise you up whenever you are down.

I promise to wipe away your tears when you need them to flow out.

I promise to keep you smiling,

To show the world your light.

I promise to be your strength whenever you need somewhere to lean.

I promise I will be your voice when the words don't come to you.

I promise to be your eyes when you are unable to see.

I promise to be your ears when you cannot hear.

I promise to always be real to you when you are in need of the truth.

I promise to help you chase your dream when you feel it's too large.

I promise to be your smile when you can't help but frown.

I promise to listen when you need to speak.

I promise you my heart whenever you need love.

I promise you my love forever and always.

Place your hand over your beating heart.

Feel the life within you.

Breathe.

You are alive.

Enjoy.

This moment is what we have.

Feel the beat of the song,

Helping your soul rise up so that your eyes can see far,

Far beyond your experience of recovery,

Way out into the horizon where you are free to help others.

Yes,

Lay your hand on your own beating heart and let a smile emerge out of the cave of your existence.

Keep your own special promise to yourself and feel that rising within you,

Solid and strong my friend.

Now say to yourself along with me,

I promise to raise myself up when I am down.

I promise to wipe away my tears after I need them to flow out.

I promise to keep smiling,

To show the world my light.

I promise to be my own strength whenever I need somewhere to lean.

I promise I will not stop my voice even when the words don't come.

I promise not to close my eyes even when I am unable to see.

I promise not to block my ears even when I cannot hear.

I promise to always be real with myself when I am in desperate need of truth.

I promise to keep chasing down my dreams even when they feel too large.

I promise to also smile when I can't help but frown.

I promise to listen,

To listen to my own need to speak.

And I promise,

I promise my heart that I will keep love flowing,

Active and alive.

Yes,

I promise you.

I promise me,

My love,

Forever and for always.

May you be blessed with a speedy and straightforward recovery,

My friend.

Well done.