Then it hits you around 2am
After months of medical issues
Tests, a procedure, a surgery,
A long wait to find out your fate
That meant acceptance
Of what could be a new normal
You learned a great deal
About a great many things
Especially about yourself
How hard it was to feel
How hard it was to ask for help
How kindness made you cry
How you needed privacy
How you needed to share
How being ready for the worst
Kept you afloat and grounded
Web MD is not all bad
But more than anything
You realize you are free
To do anything with this
Life of yours
Poems of Pandemic Days by Alice Curley 