Darling, is it death?  
Or is it a shadow?  
In any case, we have been forewarned  
And we have been stalked long enough!  
   
 Let us grieve now  
 to be done with it...forever  
 Huntington's has always meant death to us  
 It is the devilish pursuer . 
   
Yet, we were taught something long ago  
To live our lives TODAY  
We learned acceptance  
Perhaps..Huntington's is our Life . 

If that is so ...we are very fortunate  
We share such riches and they are not material  
Most "Normal" relationships suffer for lack of what we have  
And no one, no thing can take it away . 

Should we feel guilt or regret for that?  
I think not  
Every lovely poem, every beautiful song, sad or happy  
Brings you or us to mind . 

That sounds so artificial, still it is truth  
Oh, Yes, You are my heart  
Part of me  
The part of me I love with no reservation . 

My heart, if death stalks you  
Call to me  
We shall weep together,  
Then face him Knowing that we have a great treasure . 
   
Songs, Poems, Books, laud our treasure  
God has given it to us, so we may share it  
Long after death claims us  
Our love will exist through all we have loved . 
   
   
By Cheryl Brown 
to my husband,Paul on his diagnosis of HD in 1979.  
 

Slaying The Dragon Poetry