bcsurvivor

OK, OK… I know I need to start doing this regularly.  It has been suggested to me by so many people.  I spend so much time writing my book that I don’t find the time to post.  And I can’t figure out how to share my book with everyone – it is getting to be too long.  I will think about that more – maybe just post some excerpts.  But for now, I am going to share a poem I wrote about my breast cancer expereince.  I have more than one, so maybe I will share them all with you eventually.  This one is entitled “If I Close My Eyes”, and I welcome feedback!

If I close my eyes what will I see?

Rainbows of colors?

Bright sunlight?

Blue skies?

If I close my eyes in this dark

Winter of my life

Can I see beyond the lurking

Menacing cells that threaten to destroy?

If I close my eyes, I can

Envision anything

Anything I want,

Anything I need

Anything I desire.

If I close my eyes and see

Light and love and

Words of healing

Robust red blood coursing

Through my veins?

Will this powerful rushing

Carry away the intruders

The fear

The sadness?

If I close my eyes, I can see

The smiling, twinkling eyes

Of those who love me

My husband, my children

My friends, my God?

If I close my eyes, will all

These things wich really

Make up the true essence of life

Overwhelm that

Which threatens it?

If I close my eyes, I can

Transfer the warm glow

Of love and life

Into my body

And obliterate the dark.

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