Where I am

Lonely

as a whisper in a cave

 

as the color of vodka

 

as a seagull

on a city bench

no bread

too tired to fly

 

as the helpless leaf

falling from the branch

mid-autumn

 

as the basketball court

you grew up near

no nets

paint fading

 

Is this me writing

or is this cancer?

it’s the cross I bear

and I don’t have the answer

 

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About Ben Dooling

I began this blog shortly after being diagnosed with terminal rectal cancer. It has since begotten a short book of poems, most of the poems came from here. Cancer has taught me more than it has taken. It has shown me my gifts, and what an examined life is.

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