The worst feeling I have ever known
was experienced in the doctor’s office.
Four words and
my heart turned to lead,
ripped itself from my chest
and sank to the darkest depths of the ocean.

Some fragments still remain.
Shards stuck in my ribs and
dust in my lungs
making it impossible to breathe
and weighing me down.

“I’m sorry…
… it’s cancer.”

Four words and
my world has lost all colour and warmth.

– for those I owe the truth to