I Narrowly Avoided Death Today

A poem

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I Narrowly Avoided Death

I narrowly avoided death today

And still I am shattered

And afraid

And wondering how I can be two people

So easily

God………My voice….

It sounds like a wounded animal

I am an animal

A sociopath?

There is no word

I don’t know when the disease took hold

Or how to cure it

Or how to even know when I’m sick

I can’t breathe, God

And no one

Can know

What if I had not

Turned?

And does it even matter?

God…..

Thank you for reading. I’m a wife, mother, writer, musician, and techie. I love to write poetry, fiction, humor, and personal essays.