
Attacks against tissues and cells and soul,
it is unrelenting,
firecrackers underneath the skin.
No difference between healthy and un.
The boomerang circles the perimeter,
it is persistent,
like a dripping faucet.
Mediate
between my body
and my body.
Fight back against the missiles
with physical therapy to stretch the limbs
to stay elastic,
to savor the tingling pins of a heated pack.
With lunch five pills of methotrexate,
five with dinner
same day once a week,
every week.
Mediate
between my body
and my body.
Extinguish the flames of exhaustion with a warm shower,
Inhale the lavender steam,
There is no surrender.
Only persistence,
Only compassion,
Only resilience, like a wayward soul seeking a home.