FEAR FOR OSTOMATES.
When once the seeds of fear are sown.
then they are fed by the unknown.
Undoubtedly our fears will grow
from out of things we do not know.
It’s likely we’ll anticipate
unpleasant outcomes as our fate.
For even when things do go right
a stoma then becomes our plight.
Us ostomates have for so long
witnessed so many things go wrong.
It’s harder to stay positive
if all around seems negative.
When the bad things we see and learn
then fan the fires of deep concern.
And medical incompetence
can not engender confidence.
Bad news is often in a hurry
to feed our fears and inner worry.
I’ve read story upon story
and they’re rarely hunky-dory.
The media is like a filter
pushing perspectives out of kilter.
We will discern all the bad news
and this in turn affects our views.
Maybe if everything goes right
there’s not the need to speak or write.
But surely we’ve the right to fear
when operations loom quite near.
Sometimes it’s best if we don’t know
so we can rest and let it go.
When our past fears are dissipated
at last we’ll feel emancipated.
B. Withers 2013
When once the seeds of fear are sown.
then they are fed by the unknown.
Undoubtedly our fears will grow
from out of things we do not know.
It’s likely we’ll anticipate
unpleasant outcomes as our fate.
For even when things do go right
a stoma then becomes our plight.
Us ostomates have for so long
witnessed so many things go wrong.
It’s harder to stay positive
if all around seems negative.
When the bad things we see and learn
then fan the fires of deep concern.
And medical incompetence
can not engender confidence.
Bad news is often in a hurry
to feed our fears and inner worry.
I’ve read story upon story
and they’re rarely hunky-dory.
The media is like a filter
pushing perspectives out of kilter.
We will discern all the bad news
and this in turn affects our views.
Maybe if everything goes right
there’s not the need to speak or write.
But surely we’ve the right to fear
when operations loom quite near.
Sometimes it’s best if we don’t know
so we can rest and let it go.
When our past fears are dissipated
at last we’ll feel emancipated.
B. Withers 2013
