Today I Learned: Another Cancer Poem ~ Nora, My Melanoma, Released via Poetic Expression

Right now my poetry is focused on life, right now. This is the first poem I wrote today as I deal with melanoma and the surgery and its aftermath. This poem is almost like me talking to myself, giving myself a morning husshhhh husshhhh husshhh....

Today I discovered

My left cheekbone feel s empathy for my right cheekbone

It radiates pain and sorrow back to the space where

The cancer once reigned.

Today I discovered

Wounds heal much more quickly than I thought

And aren’t nearly as ugly as I expect them to be.

Today I discovered

Doctors who stitch up places where death could have

taken over do so with tender loving care

It reflects their unique healing artistry.

Today I discovered

I can and will and do feel better.

 

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Comments

[Melissa Richardson]

Yeah you! We cancervive!