Gratitude isn’t always “nice,” we know. Gratitude is sometimes survival. So, onward.
The ways in which autoimmune disorders attack our bodies are many and various, and while eczema itself isn’t an autoimmune disorder, it, and other skin issues, are certainly related. The ONLY nice thing I have to say about my sudden bouts of full body painful itchy is that it shows itself unequal to one of the most awesome natural remedies in the world…so, thanks for that, I guess. Not a cure, but a surcease; not the end of war, but a temporary ceasefire. In the long war called ‘autoimmune disorders,’ we take what victories we can.
spicata
toothy
ridges, rigid
spikes hold succulence. A crown
to sheath its inner balm in toughness:
aloe