Constricted chest feeling like
The weight of a 1000 pounds
Unable to breathe
Hospital admission times two
Necessary bone marrow test
Leukemia?
How could this be?
Not to me
She needs me God… please
Don’t take me, not yet
She clung to me after the test
My back and pelvis throbbing
Excruciating
I didn’t want to move her
Her napping drool pooled
On top of my spotted blue hospital gown
The pain vibrated
Trying to reach my call button
Her eyelashes caught my attention
Peacefully she slept on my chest
The pain melted away
Into the beauty of her face
Calm hushed like a roar in
The hospital room
In that moment I knew
I would live
For her
For me
For us
*2015 journey of the leukemia scare that took 6 months to rule out
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