Scanxiety
May 10, 2022
Feeling better
Life. Tentatively expanding
Reconnecting
An imminent scan
Waiting for the results
Murky uncertainty
If good news
Back to more normal
A temporary reprieve
borrowed from some future horizon
Still, life challenges
Regular problems
Bills, food, work, family
If not good news
Flinch at the thought
of the next course of treatment
Life. Contracted
Narrower problems
Yet, somehow simpler
Just survive the course
If no change
Continued uncertainty
Small plans
Until the next scan
An angry storm
Always on the horizon
Hungry, waiting
Prowling, predatory
Expectant
Until the next scan
No denial of mortality
