something was wrong, and no one knew what
or why
it was a constant dismissal
one specialist to the next
still no answers
it couldn’t be serious, right?
surely something would have turned up by now
when the call came the second week in april,
i felt no fear
even when my doctor said cancer
i was too numb to understand that it was me she was talking
about
in those moments on the phone,
my life as i knew it spiraled away
and i was suddenly, beyond all doubt,
a different woman
i was cancer, surgery, treatment, death
it took every bit of my willpower to take the steps to fight
cancer robs you of everything
you have no privacy,
your doctors know your body more intimately than your lover
but it does give something back
there is strength in each of us,
the strength to go on and fight another day
and i was lucky, yes, but this is a fatal illness
so i stood tall, planted my feet, and stared death in the
face
and i won
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