when ill

nothing is
important
when you're ill.
when
you are sick
and can't do more
than raise
your head to take
a pill, or
gulp
down a drink of
water.
you have resigned
yourself
to the kindness
of those
you know, or don't
know.
strangers taking
turns,
keeping you
alive.
the world falls
away so easily
at times like this,
what mattered
so dearly for so
long,
means nothing now.