WHAT I WOULD I DO?
What I would do for just one day,
when things could go in such a way,
that I may live a life that’s free
from all those things that annoy me.
I’ve often wondered what I’d give,
for just a day where I could live,
free from conflict in my brain
and free from all my chronic pain.
I’ve often pondered the concept,
of what, in life, I should accept,
or when I should stand up and fight
for what I’ve always known is ‘right’.
I have mused long on what is wrong,
and whether I could be so strong
as those who show they overcome
the problems of a bum on tum.
For when your plumbing’s rearranged,
what passed for ‘normal’ life gets changed,
and you’re expected to adjust
to things that may induce disgust.
For with a stoma on your tum,
as a replacement of your bum,
there are some things that we must do
to make sure that we manage poo.
And there’s no doubt, I’d rather not
be dealing with this sort of grot,
but it’s a life preservative,
so, what is the alternative?
Yet still, I like to think, one day,
that there may be another way
that these things could be sorted out
without this simple stoma-spout.
B. Withers 2021