This bed knows my secrets The shape of my thighs The space in my teeth Salty and unclean Exhausted and abused Catches me when I'm weak Traces the lines Weaves through my mind Occupying my lungs keeping me alive My vertebrae has been erased The cortex of my face The neurosis That takes its place It knows me all to well Concealed hoping nothing is real The embrace of one breast Tearing of fleshΒ Β The truth will tell the salt of this earth A river of wrists that seizes the unknown The femininity of my youth
I wrote this about breast cancer and the will to survive. I personally have never had it but my mom did. She is doing well and is in remission.