This past Wednesday, I was a guest speaker at a meeting in Fort Worth, TX sponsored by Fresenius, to address some sixty or so people new to dialysis. One of the speakers, Cojack Martinez, instead of speaking extemporaneously about his experiences, read a poem from his phone that he had authored.
I thought the poem was very powerful and imparted a very deeply felt message to the assembled audience. I asked him if I could share it and he kindly agreed, including making a video with it. I dropped his words into my subscription to the AI Video app Pictory, and the results are embedded below. Below the video is depicted a text form of his poem for completeness.
My thanks to Cojack for his permission to include his words herein. On Monday I will address lessons learned from my perspective on the meeting and my presentation.
My story starts long time ago, I was born at an early age!! 3 months I lost, I was stubborn I guess, so GOD let me out of that cage!!!
I’m 2 of 3, yes the middle child, the Devil struck fast at 8, he took my Dad, GOD saved my mom, so for that we were always Straight!!
Dang devil had jokes again at 13, diabetes came Hard n strong!!! They called me “Fatboy” for a couple of years, but the illness said FAT BE GONE!!
Dr said “gotta take care of ur self”, and of course the stubborn kicked in, I cheated the system, like the genius I am, and I thought that for sure I would win!!
But instead all I did was destroy my insides, and best believe my dr did shout!!! 15 years turned to 10, & 10 turned to 5, and before I knew it my kidneys passed out!!
Dialysis it is, and boy was I scared, but the clinic had me chillin by dawn!! Parkway was my spot, they made me feel safe, all the fear that I had was all GONE!!
The devil again was playing around, told cancer to bully my sis, But GOD took her home to cure all her pain, and best believe, her down here we miss!!!
Because of all this a transfer took place, had to move closer to take care of kids!! From ft worth to granbury was gonna be the plan, be patient they said so I did!!!
So much had to happen for this to take place, my dr was so far away!! He had to approve, there was a long list , but rome wasn’t built in a day!!
GOD did his thang yet once again, The call came later that night!! All ducks had lined up, a miracle it was, and granbury clinic was now in my site!!!
The staff was awesome, made me feel VIP, loved the place from the minute I walked in!!! The friends that I made, and the care that they gave, it was definitely the best place I’ve been!!!
I was put on a list bout a year or so back, a kidney was now in my cart, I knew the wait was gonna be long, But GOD got this I knew in my heart!!
A year had past no luck on that list, then a blonde gave me info I needed!! Why ask for one part when I can get two, GOD had sent me for what I had pleaded!!!
GOD did his thang, and yes I know, he was blessing me yet once again!! 2 weeks had past when I got the call that a kidney n pancreas was in!!
I young man lost his life, but a hero he became, mine he will always be!! A transplant I got, no longer needed shots, but the best feeling was NOW I COULD PEE!!!
A new journey began, but I wasn’t alone, I knew that GOD had my back!!! A blonde was in site a blessing she was, but I knew I had to step up my Mac!!!
Two blessings in one can u say VIP, her daughter was one of a kind, my best friend she became I made her my wife, and both beauty’s became yes all mine!!!
My Past is the past, got in trouble at times, was considered they say a straight thug!! But what they didn’t know was that GOD took control, and faith had become my new drug!!!
Wouldn’t change it for the world, not a single thang, my life now is the results of my past!!! I’m happy not sad, I’m healed but not cured, so the devil can just kiss my ass!!!!
Wow! No wonder the audience took notice!! His words were straight from the heart.