FIRST OSTOMY.
I must admit I had a scare.
The first time that I saw it there.
I can’t remember what I said.
About this thing so crimson red.
Some thoughts were flashing through my mind.
About how fate had been unkind.
Most of all I thought “Why me!”
That had to have this ostomy.
What in the world had I done wrong?
That to this thing, I’d now belong.
This thing that stuck out from my tum.
Replacing my malfunctioning bum.
Right now I only speak for me.
When talking of my ostomy.
They told me I would benefit.
But I began to doubt that bit.
To tell the truth, I won’t pretend.
I thought that this would be the end.
I thought the active life I’d led.
Was now gone, forever dead.
There was no way that I could swim.
With what looked like an extra limb.
There’s nothing anyone could say.
To keep these type of thoughts at bay.
The negatives exaggerated.
As my mood degenerated.
It seemed that I had lost control.
Of my body and my soul.
But now I’ve had this ‘thing’ a while.
I can look back and I can smile.
For now I’m doing so much more.
And I’m more active than before.
B. Withers 2012
I must admit I had a scare.
The first time that I saw it there.
I can’t remember what I said.
About this thing so crimson red.
Some thoughts were flashing through my mind.
About how fate had been unkind.
Most of all I thought “Why me!”
That had to have this ostomy.
What in the world had I done wrong?
That to this thing, I’d now belong.
This thing that stuck out from my tum.
Replacing my malfunctioning bum.
Right now I only speak for me.
When talking of my ostomy.
They told me I would benefit.
But I began to doubt that bit.
To tell the truth, I won’t pretend.
I thought that this would be the end.
I thought the active life I’d led.
Was now gone, forever dead.
There was no way that I could swim.
With what looked like an extra limb.
There’s nothing anyone could say.
To keep these type of thoughts at bay.
The negatives exaggerated.
As my mood degenerated.
It seemed that I had lost control.
Of my body and my soul.
But now I’ve had this ‘thing’ a while.
I can look back and I can smile.
For now I’m doing so much more.
And I’m more active than before.
B. Withers 2012
