Insulin is Necessary

Sometimes I think about

how my muscles would wither
and my skin would crack
and my kidneys would fail
and my blood vessels would collapse
and my nerves would succumb
and my heart would weaken
and my body would turn itself inside out in starvation
and how I’d be dead within days
without this tiny bottle.

It is not right
That people have to fight
For the privilege of dying more slowly.

by Kerri Sparling, republished with permission from SixUntilMe