Never Make Me Cry

In my English class, my teacher gave us an assignment to write a poem about something that has affected our lives. Naturally, I chose my food allergies and wanted to share the poem with all of you.
* Please note the reference to my blog in this :) *

Never Make Me Cry

Some may say I'm different 

Some may say I'm strange

But when I'm standing next to you

We look just the same

Nothing on the outside

 Is different, you see

It is something on the inside

That separates you from me

For me it's like a madness

That cut straight to the core

But when I realized God's there for me

It was a madness no more

I was constantly careful

I was nervous that the pain,

(If one thing went wrong)

Would start coursing through my veins

Now as I get older

I struggle less and less

I've come to understand

God gives the hard stuff to his best

I've learned to survive

To flourish, to withstand

Everything this has thrown at me

Especially when unplanned

To you it seems there's something wrong

Just from what you've read

 But really I'm living quite strong

In the shadow of what's ahead

I'm passing on my knowledge

To others just like me

I share my stories with them

And inspire them to believe

Someday its presumed

That they'll simply disappear

But the doctors have been saying this 

For a hundred thousand years

With this I was born,

And with this I will die.

But never will I let again

My food allergies make me cry.

-Alli