I FOUND MY PEACE by Joanne Boyle

"I FOUND MY PEACE"
by Joanne Boyle

I heard that awful news today

as you stood beside my bed.

Although I had prepared myself,

for all the things you said.

I just sat there numb.

I wanted you to go away.

I wanted the life I'd known.

I wanted yesterday.

Yet still you stood there screeching,

scratching at my brain.

Running over my ever after

with the wheels of your steam train.

I am not sure if you saw me cry,

or did I wait for you to go?

I tried to cover my ears,

because I didn't want to know.

I heard everything you said.

I just didn't comprehend.

So I played my childhood game.

The one where I pretend.

I thought a thousand thoughts.

I wondered what I'd done.

I looked towards the door.

Maybe I could run.

Then I thought of my family.

My children of the Earth.

So I looked you in the eye,

and remembered my self worth.

I was not afraid of anything,

as much as leaving you behind.

Who would be there to guide you

when something was on your mind?

So then I found my peace

with the life I got to own.

Cancer will not defeat me.

This illness I disown.

*****

Joanne Boyle Heartfelt

art by Steffi Krenzek

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