I Would Give Everything I Own

Everything I own

“Everything I Own” is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates. It was originally recorded by Gates’s soft rock band Bread for their 1972 album “Baby I’m-a Want You.”

 It included this lyric:

   “And I would give anything I own
   I’d give up my life, my heart, my home
   I would give everything I own
  Just to have you back again”

 It was a song about a love affair gone wrong.

 It came to mind today because I would give everything I own just to have ME back again.

 Long Covid stole me from me.

 It stole me from my spouse.

 It took me out of society.

 Yes, I am technically still here.

 But I am a prisoner in my home.

 Sick every day.

 Brain damaged, which is especially upsetting and frustrating given who I was before this virus invaded my body and persists in who knows how many reservoirs.

 Emotionally dysregulated.

 Unable to walk more than a few steps at a time.

 Living in a gastro-intestinal hellscape.

 POTS symptoms that cause fear and misery.

 Painfully thin. Unable to tolerate most foods. Wasting away.

 I could go on, but I am too tired.

 Nearly five years into this horrific virus-induced chronic illness, yet there are still no approved treatments. None.

 The world has moved on, leaving me by the wayside.

 I hate it. I resent it. I’m angry.

 And so, yes, I WOULD give everything I own just to have ME back again.

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