reality

why do i feel like i'm going to be surprised by something that never went away to begin with?

it was never completely gone so why did i play the realist, expecting the inevitable then, and now, when it's real again, I feel unprepared?

you can't drink an expensive vitamin supplement and it will disappear

you can't link up a prayer chain all across america and pray this one away

it's been there for a long time and it might be back now

and as a realist, if it's not now, it will be one day

Author's Notes/Comments: 

after multiple surgeries my cancer seemed to be gone, but the pain returned and it 'came back' and i was surprised, even though i shouldn't have been

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