Heart disease is a war,

my body is the battle zone.

Weapons scraping.
Fighters roaring.
Injured moaning.
Nothing left…     ...but debris.

Heart disease is a war,
I am Africa

The victim for no reason
Innocent...
Vulnerable...
  … frightened to death.

Heart disease is a war,
the epidemic is Europe.

Stronger weapons.
Better troops.
Striving forward,
Unstoppable.

Heart disease is a war,
the plague is poverty.

The four digit surgery fee
blocking my path like a wall,
keeping me  
separated,
from freedom and cure.

BUT

Heart disease is a war,
there are survivors who lived.

Ethiopia and Zambia.
two nations that thrived.
Heart disease can be cured...
....and so can I.

Heart disease is a war,
there are companions nearby

I am not the only one
17 million other people in the world,
are born and battling the same burden,
We can team up to fight
in unison.

Heart disease is a war,
each day is a battle.
I may lose a battle,
but I will keep fighting,
until I win the war.