Survivor-Tired (a poem)
Survivor-Tired (a poem) When I was tired before, It was babies waking me up at every hour tired. Now I'm survivor-tired. Scar tissue and tenderness. When I was tired before, It was up-too-late watching fun things on tv tired. Now I'm survivor-tired. Is that ache I feel caused by something that needs a scan? When I was tired before, It was long full days running one million miles an hour tired. Now I'm survivor-tired. The hormone therapy robbing my body and bones too soon of youth. When I was tired before, It was my brain keeping up with the mundane tasks of work and family schedules. Now I'm survivor-tired. Appointments and risk factors and prescriptions and MyChart messages and deductibles. When I was tired before, It was did I drink enough water and take my vitamins tired. Now I'm survivor-tired. Counting sleep and carcinogens and contaminants and nutrients and miles. I'm tired to my bones. The bones that creak together now. The bones that also keep me st...
