Innocence
Yesterday was innocence,
I was healthy, fine
At today's diagnosis meeting
They said, "There’s tissue not benign"
I don't feel changed; I am the same
With stress my strength is spent
In endless spiraling wondering...
About future events
Are changes imposed? Warranted?
Should I tell my friends to reveal?
How can I think and talk about
What to me is not yet real?
Intrusive tests scheduled each day
I submit 'tho I abhor
Technicians' tough and callous ways
As my fears they just ignore
I submit without a murmur
As physicians plan and direct
A regimen lacking nurture
Radiations killing affect
Destroy cancer cells precisely
Leave others whole and intact
My system is prodded; jolted
Uncertain how to react
Funny 'tho; the sun's still bright,
I smell the grass to calm
The flowers bloom, people come to love
As though to block the harm
I discover a legion of friends
Processing thoughts the same
We live with uncertainties wondering
Who there is to blame?
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