When Christmas Brings Pain

There he is.  Clenched palms to chair. Lungs rising slowly……fighting for air. Wriggling in pain.  Last moments….before breath grants no more days. Cancer.  Like a thief in the night.  Taking away bodies ability to fight. The battle’s almost done. Eyes dim.  Struggling one…..recollecting what’s been left undone…….what’s to come. Hoping for answers to the unknown. Fear […]

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Words: The Naked Truth

Like a child today.  Defenses stripped away. Whirlwind of  tasks…chores…stores…Preparing for another party. More….people through the threshold of our home. And I knew. Defenses were down. Body holding on from the battle it’s been through. Attacked again…from nuts.  An allergy.  Just learning about.  Suffering through… And I hear them. Like salt inflaming a wound long healed.  […]

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