Pink Think: “The very greatest things – great thoughts, discoveries, inventions – have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.” – Samuel Smiles
photo from albones.com
I crave a rewrite
not of a novel nor article
but the ending of a day.
Took my 14 year old to the doctor
to see why her knee swells
from when she hurt it last year.
It’s the worst injury
he’s seen in a long time.
Why, thanks, Doctor!
But the truth stares us in the face
and soon we must accept
that this is one that won’t go away.
My heart aches for her –
my-used-to-be-little one
still little, really –
small but Fierce:
Horse Crazy
Basketball Crazy
then, after surgery
stir crazy
for six – SIX! – months.
I want to believe
that she will be whole again,
that something good will come of this,
that she will play ball
and ride horses
but it’s hard to see
past my fears.
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