Cancer
(Written after obtaining the results of an ultrasound verifying a solid mass in my breast...At my age, the likelihood of breast cancer was incredibly low, but that didn't stop the fear.)
Maybe my fear is unneeded
Or its cause imagined
But I assure you
That it is unaffected
By the futility
With which you attempt to calm it
Your words cause no more than shame
And I hang my head
At my childish emotions
And sometimes I think
That this cancer inside of my mind
Is worse than anything a doctor could discover
But is that me…
Or the cancer talking?
11/01/03
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