A Good Heart
By Bee
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If you could turn away from me
and face the wall... Cold
jelly and uncomfortable pressure...
Now, on your back, knees bend - breathe in -
hold. And again, again, etc.
Looks good. Very good. Size, normal -
chambers, ventricles, no calcification of the valves...
Good heart. Just checking to see
if you are up for the challenge of the damage
of the cure. And you are. Dress please!
Thank you.
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Your heart is good Bee, in
Your heart is good Bee, in more than one respect.
Significant words.
Jenny. x
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Felt I was there with you
Felt I was there with you feeling the jelly and the pressure!
One more hurdle/procedure passed, and positively.
'if you are up for the challenge of the damage of the cure' very cleverly worded, Bee. Rhiannon
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As with much of your writing
As with much of your writing Bee so simply worded but telling us so much.
A good heart in deed.
Lindy
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poor old heart, a few buckles
poor old heart, a few buckles and stents and it'll be good as new.
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Hi Bee
Hi Bee
this is prep for the chemo I presume. I can't imagine that the Vitamin c therapy would have any affect on your heart, but then again, I don't know, as it is using something out of its normal context, and creating peroxide.
I too appreciated your choice of words.
Jean
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It has the quick efficiency
It has the quick efficiency of the doctor in the words and underneath it all the longing of the heart.
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Hard
...to draw on such an empiric process and inevitable distance from self to draw it back to physical personal experience and share. xx
best wishes
lena x
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Like everyone else Bee, I was
Like everyone else Bee, I was struck with the line "Just checking if you are up for the challenge of the damage of the cure." So very well put.
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I agree with all the others
I agree with all the others about that particular line. It is so arresting. You have such talent that you are able to turn bald statements into poetry but with such an economy of words. Loved this but wished it was not from personal experience.
Still thinking of you,
Moya xx.
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