{"id":25978,"date":"2016-08-13T23:41:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T03:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=25978"},"modified":"2016-08-13T23:41:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T03:41:43","slug":"hour-12-prompt-i-am-a-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/hour-12-prompt-i-am-a-survivor\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 12 Prompt – I am a survivor!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have a lump in my breast<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

And it hurts when I touch it<\/p>\n

I experience needle-stabbing pains<\/p>\n

And diaphragmatic breathing gives no relief<\/p>\n

I lie awake at night and watch the moon<\/p>\n

With negative thoughts\u00a0gnawing at\u00a0my mind<\/p>\n

Deep inside my heart I do panic<\/p>\n

I struggle to answer my own question<\/p>\n

And the answer is deliberately vague\u2026<\/p>\n

I still do not believe in fate.<\/p>\n

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My life is changing<\/p>\n

Each hour brings a new challenge<\/p>\n

Some days are uplifting<\/p>\n

But my smile is always missing<\/p>\n

I am struggling in my battle with pain<\/p>\n

The see-saws between hope and fear<\/p>\n

I am just tired of depression\u2026<\/p>\n

In that corner of the room<\/p>\n

I sit in my rocking chair<\/p>\n

And I think about my future.<\/p>\n

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I am living one day after another<\/p>\n

I have some unfulfilled dreams in my heart<\/p>\n

Cancer does not define me<\/p>\n

But chemotherapy seems never ending<\/p>\n

It makes me feel feeble<\/p>\n

It causes severe body aches<\/p>\n

My hands shake all the time<\/p>\n

And my heart sinks into my chest<\/p>\n

I embrace the rosary in my bag<\/p>\n

As I have not lost my faith in God.<\/p>\n

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Daffodils are blooming in my garden,<\/p>\n

At this time of year<\/p>\n

The countryside is so lush and green<\/p>\n

I can see a butterfly with one wing<\/p>\n

Leaning against the wall<\/p>\n

But the butterfly doesn\u2019t give up\u2026<\/p>\n

And this is when the feeling sinks in<\/p>\n

I am ready to fight another battle<\/p>\n

Tears rolling down my cheeks<\/p>\n

I give myself a smile.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I am comfortable flaunting my bald head<\/p>\n

And I welcome a new day in life<\/p>\n

When negativity surrounds me<\/p>\n

I keep my spirits high<\/p>\n

When I am in pain<\/p>\n

I find reasons to stay happy<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t feel beautiful anymore<\/p>\n

And people do not notice me as well<\/p>\n

But I am fighting breast cancer<\/p>\n

And I will be a survivor.<\/p>\n

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I have a lump in my breast And it hurts when I touch it I experience needle-stabbing pains And diaphragmatic breathing gives no relief I lie awake at night and watch the moon With negative thoughts\u00a0gnawing at\u00a0my mind Deep inside my heart I do panic…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":874,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,441,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","category-poetry-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25990,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25978\/revisions\/25990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}