If Only They Knew

They look at us, they point as us
They talk behind out back.
It's not that they are being rude,
They just don't know how to react.
How do you face someone who's been ill?
Who face each day what we must?
They count their blessings and
thank God it's not them,
then quickly walk away.
If only they knew what the hardest
part of being ill really was.
It's not the doctors, the drugs or the tests.
It's the nervousness it can cause
And in people we don't even know.
That makes them uncomfortable around us.
They feel uncertain, and just want to go
Go home and thank God it's not them,
and that they are as healthy as they are.
They don't realize that they are suffereing also,
in ways that can be stronger by far.
Stronger than what we face,
and in ways that are much more unsure.
It's a fact that we've had to accept.
If they'd only relax and accept us
for the people we are at heart,
they'd find that that's the best medicine
and we've needed it from the start.

-Penny [PEPH]