Pagosa Springs Artists

Two Weeks In

and I almost didn’t notice

today was better, less

consumed by pain and terror.

When I awoke, still in bed,

for a little while I wished for

tender and unhurried sex.

 

Suddenly cancer wasn’t a nightmare,

nor a frightening intruder. It’s become

a foreign cousin, here to stay the year.

 

I got up, shuffled through a little

housework, paid some bills. Opened

the blinds to let the sun into my heart.

Today I kept down lunch, on a hunch

chose tomorrow’s menu. Let myself

want to live again.

 

            Third Place in Free Verse Category,

            Illinois State Poetry Society 2007 Contest

 

 

©2007 Bonnie Manion

 
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