ALTERNATING PERSPECTIVES (STOMA)

ALTERNATING PERSPECTIVES.( stoma)

Sometimes my mind is in a state
where thoughts and concepts oscillate
between things I appreciate 
to those things I. abominate.

One such scenario in life
creates some likes at odds with strife
must be the stoma that I’ve got
that causes conflict quite a lot. 

Most of the time I value it 
for helping me to manage shit 
and cease the pain I had endured,
which, seemed the stoma had it cured.

I don’t know how I would now cope 
or if I might run out of hope
with both my pooh and with my pee
without a stoma helping me 

There is no doubt within my mind 
that my stoma seemed the kind
of attribute that in my state
I’d find it very hard to hate. 

Yet, notwithstanding its appeal, 
the stoma’s there and it is real, 
and sometimes it won’t work too well
so, covers me with crap and smell.

It’s hard to like my stoma’s scent 
when it’s made up from excrement 
and at those times the way I think
is influenced by how I stink.

My thoughts swing from the positives
to dwell upon the negatives
each time the smell of effluence 
undermines my confidence. 

                                         Be Withers 2022

Perfectly stated and so true. You really get it, Bill.

You are our T.S. Eliot, Bill. I'll leave it to you to determine what the T.S. stands for...

Thank you eefyjig for your appreciative comments. They are especially welcome when I write these rhymes from a personal perspective, not really knowing if they are appropriate for a wider audience.
Best wishes
Bill

Thanks HenryM.
Unlike you, I am not a well-read person, so I have spent a little while this afternoon exploring who Thomas Stearns Eliot was and what he wrote.
Very interesting, but I think you flatter me too much to be mentioning my work as comparable to his.
I often think that part of the uniqueness/naivety in my written stuff, is the fact that I have few, if any literary references or influences to fall back upon. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage of not having a basic education and it seems far too late to worry about that omission at my age.
Best wishes
Bill

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I hope you are well. I really enjoy reading your thoughts, poems, and insight.
Jeanne

Hello Jeanne.
Thank you so much for letting me know that you appreciate my posts. Mostly, my rhymes are written for just one person who has explained their problem(s) to me, so they do not usually get into the public domain. I tend to write without reference to whether anyone (else) will read the rhymes, so in one sense, it doesn't matter if people like them or not. However, whenever someone gives feedback that they have enjoyed or appreciated a rhyme, it does give me a sense of satisfaction that they might be appropriate for wider audiences after all.
Hence, I thank you again for letting me know how you feel.
Best wishes
Bill