MULTI-TASKING.
I used to write my poetry
before I had this ostomy.
Then, other things I could eschew
when that was all I had to do.
But when my operation came
For me it didn’t seem the same.
I felt so sorry for myself
my writing pad stayed on the shelf.
The ostomy took centre-stage
with nothing written on the page.
My motivation went downhill
for all the time that I was ill.
But it didn’t take too long
before I felt that this was wrong.
Then my active mind was asking
why was I not multi-tasking?
It’s not like this was new to me
for that was how I used to be
and if I multi-tasked before
I could multi-task some more.
So at myself I took a look
and off the shelf came my notebook
and then I wrote my poetry
whilst tending to my ostomy.
But I’m convinced that the best bit
emerged with all the rest of it.
I realised that I could do
everything that I used to.
All of my negativity
made way for creativity.
So now I say when people ask
this is because I multi-task.
B. Withers 2014