Poetry Friday

I am honoured and delighted to have Philippa from the feistybluegecko blog share her own poem with us today.

The dark cloud of discovery 

A dark

heavy

black

cloud

sweeps across my horizon 

Coming from nowhere

Bringing a chill

of fear

my skin reacting

goose flesh prickling

as my fingers rest

on a

strange

alien

unwanted

bulge of flesh

where one should not be

where one wasn’t before

Unmistakable

and life- changing 

******

The dark

heavy

black

cloud

thickens

squeezes

contorts my stomach muscles

stops my heart beat

brings beads of perspiration

to my brow

and causes my teeth to chatter

with fear

as the radiologist

pegs

contours

of unwanted flesh

on a disembodied screen

and slowly taps

m

a

s

s

realisation

fear at a peak

mind spinning 

she does not

stop

tapping now 

n

o

1 

Mass

Number

One?

unimagined

unbelievable

dear gods

how can there be more than one? 

****** 

Calm

knowledgeable

confident

kindly

amidst the

swirling black clouds 

the Doctor

processes

evidence

images

he analyses

explains

the presence

of unwanted masses

irregular shapes 

and any

tiny

glimmer

of hope

of sunshine

is shattered

dispersed

enveloped

by his words

reaching through the gathering, black, overpowering clouds

crashing around my ears

changing my life forever 

“highly suspicious of cancer”