To the person who called me lazy
You didn’t see my struggle
You didn’t notice the pain in my eyes
Or why I couldn’t use the stairs today
…
I try my very best to act normal
As though I’m not in pain
As though I’m not too tired to function
Like I’m a normal healthy person
…
Calling me lazy really gets me down
I feel bad at the best of times
So hearing this makes me sad
Sad for the life I might have had
…
If I wasn’t chronically ill
I would walk those stairs all day long
I would exercise more
I would achieve as much as I could
…
But I am limited by my illness
Calling me lazy will only make it worse
It will make me push myself more
And try to seem okay
…
I don’t like people to know
My daily struggle to seem healthy
But never call a person lazy
Just because they are taking the lift
You never know the struggle they are facing
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