She needs reassurance
She wants to know the answer to
Questions I don’t know
Like “Will I lose my hair again?”
“What treatment do you think I will have?”
“Will I have to stay in hospital?
She needs reassurance
I give half hearted answers sometimes, I lie
And reply,
“You might do, but only a little maybe”
“ I’m not too sure “
“I don’t think so”
It makes me feel bad but how can I say nothing,
remain silent when …
She needs reassurance
She sad, she has been weeping most of the day,
She tells me she doesn’t have the fight in her any more,
is older and life is too difficult sometimes,
I hold her so tight as if to take all of the burden from her.
I tell her my father is about, guiding, looking after her like always
She needs reassurance
I can tell the things that I do know though
That I will be by her side
At every appointment,
During every treatment
When she needs to be nursed, I will be there
I will brighten up her darkest days
I will be there when she’s cured
I will be there when we will beat this disease
This she can be assured
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Love this one Finn – you have brought warmth and affection into a scary and worrying situation. In other hands this could have been a “woe is me” type, erm, thing…
No missing words (as far as I can see) but get back to the bigger font!
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Thanks I’mi glad you understood where I was coming from. “Woe is me ” is not my style.
Point taken with the font , yes J was checking it out on mobile ,its tiny, I didn’t realise at the time.
Yes no missing words , but that’S down to my proof reader aka J and my new dyslexic screen overlay .
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