These are my three entries for TuDiabetes' April is National Poetry Month!!
April Haiku
Twenty years, pricking,
stabbing fingers and belly.
April, bring me hope!
Night's Haiku
Sleep is elusive
while D.P. hovers, threatens.
May our nights be safe.
A Reminder
Lurking in the back of my mind are numbers, letters,
Type 1, MDI, Count those Carbs,
one more PWD.
Why do we work so hard to live?
My golden Cici came nose to nose with death.
She has survived.
Once again she smiles a golden smile.
So many human friends, dog friends, cared.
Thank you, Cici, for the reminder.
We test, inject, keep on counting,
because others care for us,
because there is joy in caring for ourselves.
~Trudy
MDI = multiple daily injections
PWD = person with diabetes