by newcomet

Created on: July 30, 2009   Last Updated: August 04, 2009

I have WHAT?!

I was swept up

in a busy, happy whirl.

Work and children,

friends, family,

cooking, laundry,

long walks by Lake Michigan.

Then the lead limbed fatigue,

the pain that doubles me over.

Suddenly standing in my doctor's office

trying to hear what he is saying.

I have what?

It will always return,

like some malignant homing pigeon?

Now, awash in a sea of chemo,

frightened daughters,

which bright scarf

to cover my bald head.

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