Blood Lines

Share this post

Realisation

julietrobertson.substack.com

Realisation

Blood Lines Poem 25

Juliet Robertson
Sep 25, 2022
6
Share this post

Realisation

julietrobertson.substack.com

Thank you for being here for me

Throughout my life, the highs and lows

My eyes are open, now I see

Your love’s a subtle stream that flows


Throughout my life, the highs and lows

Watching and waiting over me

Your love’s a subtle stream that flows

Soothing, yet moving, my debris


Watching and waiting over me

I know just how lucky I am

Soothing, yet moving, my debris

You open the emotional dam


I know just how lucky I am

As the floodgates reveal the pain

You open the emotional dam

Helping me to cope yet again


As the floodgates reveal the pain

A flow of thoughts rush roughly out

Helping me to cope yet again

I will be healed with hope no doubt


A flow of thoughts rush roughly out

My eyes are open, now I see

I will be healed with hope no doubt

Thank you for being here for me

This is a pantoum and inspired by Nellie Wong’s “Grandmother’s Song”. The skill is being able to get the repetition in the required order. A blood cancer diagnosis affects everyone in one’s live, particularly the carers. Mark, has tirelessly re-scheduled his work and his holidays to look after me. He lives with me daily through the uncertainty and the chaos that is now our lives. I’m so grateful for his enduring love and support, growing closer as we have to openly talk, talk more, laugh, cry and carry on. xxx

Flynne’s Barn is a place where young people living with cancer can come together and find connection in beautiful surroundings and provides a range of immersive outdoor and creative experiences. I am sharing one poem per day during September 2022 to raise money for this charity. To DONATE, visit my GO FUND ME page. Many thanks.

Race Against Blood Cancer. Given the lack of diversity on the bone marrow donor registry, this charity focuses on under-represented groups, to improve the odds of all blood cancer patients finding a life-saving donor match.A life saving tissue match depends on finding a donor with a similar ethnicity. PLEASE JOIN A STEM CELL REGISTER. Click on the link on the website.

Thanks for reading Blood Lines! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

Thank you for reading Blood Lines. This post is public so feel free to share it.

Share

Share this post

Realisation

julietrobertson.substack.com
Comments
TopNewCommunity

No posts

Ready for more?

© 2023 Juliet Robertson
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing