Battle scarred but unbroken
I was captive in a silent war.
My body, the battlefield.
A quiet siege waged beneath my skin,
where cells divided
and uncertainty grew.
This body, once solely mine,
reduced to flesh,
marked like a map,
etched by others’ plans,
endlessly examined,
poked and prodded.
An invisible war raging on,
masked as protocol,
disguised in scans and tests,biopsy reports,
surgical cuts and stitches.
Each treatment discussed...
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