In the flick of a switch
your body turns on itself
reacts with flame and fire.
Joints and organs swell
transforming everyday habits.
Stairs eating reading
walking breathing talking
elements of patience and fortitude.

What happens
when your body does not
know self from not self.
Are moods elevated?
Does rage increase
and sadness too?
And what about the heart
that pumps swooshing
life through its channels of your vessel.
When your heart enlarges
are you not blessed
to give and receive more love?

Perbohner, Ann. “Autoimmune.” Lifelines.  Hanover: R.C. Brayshaw & Co, 2012. 2. Print.