‘STOMA STIGMA’.
A stigma is disgrace or shame.
And socially unacceptable.
Sometimes it’s clear within a frame.
Sometimes it’s imperceptible.
A stoma is the sort of thing.
That draws the stigma out.
For some it is embarrassing.
Not to be proud about.
Some people tend to stigmatise.
And do not even know it.
Some know not how to empathise.
And therefore cannot show it.
Some seem to have a prejudice.
So stoma’s not their taste.
Some suffer a paralysis.
Against the body’s waste.
Stoma stigma’s just like this.
Some people have it badly
They won’t talk of poo or piss.
So avoid the subject madly.
They’ll freely talk of broken bones.
And accidents they’ve had.
When I talk about my Crohns'.
They treat me like I’m mad.
Where talk of stomas is taboo.
The stigma’s there as well.
With ostomates this is not true.
As you can surely tell.
Stigmas come in many forms.
They must be overcome.
Not everyone can cope with poos.
That don’t come from their bum
With time and effort from us all.
We can stop the stigma rot.
When there’s no stigma to recall.
Stoma stigma is stoma so-what!
B. Withers 2011
