Hope..

It can be hard to have hope when you are curled up in bed, battling the pain of what feels like 700 very small kangaroos boxing and kicking inside your intestines, it can be hard to see the bright side.

It can be hard to have hope when you have been battling the kangaroos for the past 15 years, when men with knives have repeatedly come and extracted the kangaroos from inside you, when other men with drugs have tried to kill the kangaroos.. and yet there they are. Kicking and punching and wrecking havoc inside.

It can be hard to have hope that one day they'll finally leave, after so many years of constant disappointment and constantly finding yourself back where you started.. with nothing positive to show for all that wasted time.

It can be hard to have hope when you hear the words 'this time it will help, we've had great results' for the thousandsth time.

It can be hard to have hope of any happy future when you waste away in a hospital bed with wires and tubes trying with all their might to do their best and keep you going.

It can be hard to have hope, but I've got you and you give me not only hope but the power to cope.

Peace out from a kangaroo battling Elf x