FEAR AND TEARS
April
| Listen to me doctor, | |
| Understand my tears. | |
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| The pain of losing a breast | |
| has dimmed. | |
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| Fear of chemotherapy | |
| and unknown side-effects | |
| immobilizes me. | |
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| Pills to take and the first IV | |
| And half way through the night | |
| I sit | |
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| -afraid to fall asleep. | |
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| I want to stay awake so | |
| I know I am alive. | |
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From Journey Unknown (Journey Press, 1994) |
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