I Am A Survivor

 

If traversing through a maze,

Of physical pain. 

And mentally agony, 

Even though in emotional haze,

Is surviving,

Then 

Yes I have survived.

If swinging like a pendulum, 

Left to right, right to left, 

In a sway of physical vagaries, 

Is surviving,

Then,

Yes I have survived.

If living life for months, 

Like a see-saw,

Up and down

Down and up,

Is surviving,

Then,

Yes I have survived.

Face and neck stitched like a baseball,

Inner and outer skin, 

like a roasted chicken,

Knowing not the diff'ce,

Between eating and gulping,

Uttering a word

Oh! What a painful task,

Yet living to see a healthy future,

Is surviving,

Then

Yes I have survived.

Pollyanaism, Faith, 

Resilience and determination,

Mantras of life I learnt,

Shooed away the negativity, 

Steered me onto right path, 

Pulled me out of whirlpool, 

Which is cancer, 

And I survived. 

Yes I am a survivor, 

A cancer survivor. 😊

Jyotsna Pant

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