Do you know what it's like?

Do you know what it's like 

To be trapped in your body 

When it's turned from body 

To absolute hell?

Do you know what it's like 

When every breath you take 

Comes in so ragged 

That it hurts every piece of you?

Do you know what it's like 

When every sound 

And every bit of light 

Makes you want to tear your skin off?

Do you know what it's like 

When your mind's racing 

And you're so restless 

But you can't move?

Do you know what it's like 

When you're so dehydrated 

And feel so malnourished 

But you can't even sip on a drink?

Do you know what it's like 

To be so fatigued 

That you can't communicate

To even ask for help?

Do you know what it's like 

To be so terrified 

That this may be the crash 

That keeps you in bed forever? 

Do you know what it's like 

To feel so much pain 

Both in your body and mind 

That you just want to give up fighting? 

I do.