Open Poetry #50 |
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Back to Light Again |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere ![]() |
It is nine in the evening. The twilight of the sky out the window looks like early morning and time to put on my walking shoes. It is still nearly ninety out. Otherwise, one might be tempted to take an evening stroll. We used to sit out on the porch and watch it get dark. But cancer changed all that. Cancer changed everything. It changed him. Just the word made him sick. We’re down to just weeks until they run the scan that will tell us if they got it all. I pray they did. The cure nearly killed him. It shook him to his core to be so sick for so long. It took his self-confidence. I have felt helpless to help him. Nothing I do eases his mind or body. Except to listen, to hear him tell me a hundred times over things neither one of us can change. I’ve watched him withdraw into himself and shrivel up into a grumpy old man. A part of me aches for him for all that he’s been through, the rest of me wants to kick his butt and wake him up to ways of feeling better. Jesus, how I miss him. I’m putting my prayers and my money on him getting a clean report, that will finally give his mind a moment’s peace. And that he’ll come back to me from that dark cage where cancer has had him kept. Until then I’ll watch the window and the skies turn light to dark and back to light again. LGR©7/6/17 |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Oh Lori, how this aches. I so wish I could find the words to comfort you. I hope the days ahead will be peaceful ones. My heart and my prayers go out to you. |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Yeah well, it pretty well sucks. But you just have to make the best of it or it just sucks worse, know what I mean? It could be worse, we have not been hit by a tornado yet. ~L |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I hope the next scan will turn out positive, Lori. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Me too. I now can more fully appreciate the statement that "the suspense is killing me." ~L |
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Poet In Pink Senior Member Posts 1066 MI |
Dear Lori Lou my heart breaks for you, your hubby and family ~ I have had to face the big C with many of my family members ~ I know how hard it is to travel that road ~ Sending you all my good wishes and prayers for a good report ![]() |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Pinksweets, Thank you for your good wishes. Cancer is a hellish business that is hard to comprehend till you been down that road. I feel for you and your family. So here's to keeping the chin up and the anxiety and discomfort down! ~L |
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