Stroke: Damage to the brain from interruption of its blood supply.
Aphasia: A language disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate
Cancer: A disease 
caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
Oopharctomy: Surgical removal of one or both ovaries.
Therapy: Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder.
 
Linda is that woman
                     in the middle
                     of every thing.
She almost believes not sure
if success is even a could 
or any more significant 
than progress. She
                    is moving, swinging 
                   over to a new confidence.
A brilliance, a quiet eloquence of thought.
No, when the words disintegrate she shifts
from a woman attending the world
to a gleaming show of force, a poet.
Linda is a woman conveying true intellect.
“glad of…hard-won, admittedly modest momentum.”
Linda is careful with language
promising no future 
too wonderful or lamenting the past.
She speaks with authority 
still writing with her strong voice.
She decorates page-scapes, her body 
and mind completely engaged.

    

    
 

 *   after Equilibrium Update by J. Allyn Rosser