Shame (I wish I was Immune)

Cherry

By the unfolding head

Sun, 01 Jul 2012
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Lying in bed
thinking about cancer
blood tests
sharp blades near my body
and
the weakness I feel
within

I crave positivity
just enough
to get me off to sleep

I hate to think of myself
as matter

but I know
I came from nothing
and
I will return to nothing

even if it has to be piece by piece

but knowledge and rationality
does not stop the fear inside

I curl up
and long to be held

long to be made
immune

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Comments

Submitted by lavadis on
I had a lump in my bladder last year and the op to remove it. I did not know for night after night and in that not knowing, in that fallibility I feel for you. It is not the same - I know it is not the same, but it is a momentary walk upon the same landscape. x

 

Submitted by the unfolding head on
thank you lavadis, apologies for the late response. Indeed you are right of course, it's the not knowing, thanks for reading.

ddf

Submitted by shoe on
Raw and very moving.

 

Submitted by the unfolding head on
shoe - appreciate it, thank you.

ddf