Balancing the books (Diabetes poem)

Having this condition is a full time job

‘Balancing the books’ I call it

One minute blood sugars are up, the next down

Then there’s the food and gregarious moments acting like a fool heartily clown. 

I must believe there is hope 

There is a light, 

There is a CGM

Central glucose monitor in short

Testing the results at the time you later need to resort. 

For me, it’s the eyes 

The eye on the left leaking when blood sugars are running high and low, 

Can’t this fluctuation of emotions stop? Well, I do suppose this is preparing myself until the time I do eventually get old.

This condition I love but the uncertainty can make me cry,

As long as I try my best, all I can do is simply sigh.

“Living with type 1 diabetes” 

Jason

23rd March 2025