lorraine pintus

jump off the hormone

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My PMS Poems
© 2010 by Lorraine Pintus

The Crowd that is Me

Within this body live many women
There’s one that is holy and one that is sinnin’
One woman sings loudly with shouts of praises
Another spreads fear for the rage that she raises

One wife is gracious, selfless and kind

Another is toxic and out of her mind
One mother is gentle and stunningly wise
Another is foolish even in her own eyes

The woman that emerges depends on one thing

The nature of her hormones and the height of her swing

Lana Limerick
This is the story of Lana LeMaster
Whose hormonal condition made life a disaster
Her outbursts of rage
At the pre-menopausal stage
Continued to plague and harass her

She wanted to be nice, God knows she tried

But her husband and kids were terrified
They did not savor
Her moody behavior
“Please get some help” they all cried.

She went to a doctor so patient and wise

And with her husband, a plan they devised
“To ease PMS
Reduce your stress
Modify your diet and exercise”

Determined to change, she shouted, “I can”

But she found it a challenge to follow the plan
“No sugar?” she groaned
“Exercise?” she moaned,
“Oh why didn’t God make me a man?”

Lana Limerick taken from Jump Off the Hormone Swing: Fly Through the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual
Symptoms of PMS and Perimenopause, Lorraine Pintus, Moody Publishers, 2010, page 59.