Quelled
Is that deep ache
A renegade cell
That has awakened,
Once burrowed deep-
On the run from
Carboplatin, Taxotere
Tamoxifen, arimidase
Nerlnyx, biopsy needles,
Scalpels and 35 rounds
Of targeted radiation?
Or is it just the usual
Pains, the harbinger
Of storms, the expected
Price for the privilege
Of living, the wearing
Of bone that has had
8 more years to hold
you up, after all?
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Haunting questions. So well done.
So good
A meditation
On the uncertainy of life