Ode to Stem Cells

After three full days with partners with Regenerative Outcomes, in Monday's early morning hours, these words came. Scientific discoveries in labs around the world are discovering unique little mechanisms called "stem cells" of various  sorts that can lead to prolonging life, easing pain, and enhancing one's quality of life. One of my strongest desires is for these treatments to be available to all of us and not just to those who can write a check. Tell me what you think about these words.

                                   Ode to Stem Cells

Pain is what I feel
From my head down to my toes
Everywhere I move
And nobody really knows.

This back is old

Somedays are worse than others
I feel it sometimes really bad
Sometimes I feel the shudders.

This pain down in my knees

I know I’m growing old
It’s worse some days than others
Especially when I’m cold.

Sometimes I can’t even feel

My toes nor even my fingers
So, I just sit and wait and wait
And the days turn into lingers.

The medicine I take

Only relieves me some
For a better day I’m longing
Before my time on earth is done.

Those pains no one really gets

No one can really see
The hurt my body feels
From my shoulders to my knee.

Sometimes I cannot breathe

Much more than just a gasp
These lungs are wearing out
Some day will be my last.

These eyes they cannot see

I used to could find my way
Now I fumble all about
Hardly sensing the light of day.

I hear there a new science

Going on in labs around the globe
If I only had the money
Perhaps I’d have more hope.

People like me want to see

People like me want to breathe
People like me have some hope
From our heads down to our knees.

They have many fancy names

Pluripotent mysenchymal stem cells
Snagged by patented devices
From my human body where they all dwell.

Gives people a lot of hope

Do you know some of them
Let’s pass the word and pray the prayers
And look for that little stem.

God’s grace is found

Upon all of us in sight
Let’s keep on doing good medicine
You know it’s really right.

Let’s make sure all of these treatments

Can make for a better story
For black and brown rich and poor
For God to receive the glory.