The Call That Changed My Life
Short
phone message
“We found something”
Instant numbness
More testing
Scheduled
Hang up
Cry for an hour
as my death
plays out in my mind
Feel so old
but too young
to deal with this
I get up
wipe my tears
Scold myself
Pray
and
I wait.
©LMY 5.7.2012
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