In Sickness

by Jill Chan

What do you think of us?
Do we complain and only that
therefore can never be healed?
Because to be well,
one needs to be sick in the first place.
We are sick
but not in the way
you imagine.
We don't lie down.
We are not pale nor weak.
We believe.
We believe that if we fly,
we could reach you,
we could be there
in the world
where you are
patient and kind
and seeing.