Two years post chemo… I’m here and strong and moving forward. I wanted to share a poem that I wrote during my cancer treatments. I am still full of lots of emotions and it still feels like yesterday. The emotions are raw and sit on my chest, I hope one day all the pain and sadness of what I went through fades away. In time I’m sure it will. I’m grateful to be here. Each day is a gift.
Herceptin Countdown
Beep beep beep
Beep beep
Chemo in session
Then on pause
Woman having a reaction calling for help
My body trembles
My heart races
I watch as the nurses run to help her
I feel like crying
Emotional state
I pray for her in silence
Cold cloth and medicine
Chairs full of people
Blood transfusions
“Can you state your name and birthdate?”
My chest
Anxious
Flowing emotions
I want to cry
Things will be okay
Warm blankets on the legs
Nurse says hello
They are supportive
Full of kindness
Needles in the arm
Take blood
See the doctor
Prescription set
Five years
Suppress hormone
Estrogen
Need third vaccine booster
Machines working
Buzzing
For the first time I see a young girl in the chairs
My forms on the side of me
One day they will be history
Filed in the depth of a cabinet
Hopefully dust free
As I hide my tears in my mask the humming of the machine Hummmm
Hummmm
The clock ticking
Silence.
I’ve written a few poems you can access online as an Ebook if you like.
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