One Christmas
by cricketjeff on September 3, 2008. © Jeff Green, All rights reserved
Christmas was over,
a happier Christmas than we had expected
much happier.
Ray was well, and happy
still as thin as a rake
but with hair
We sat on armchairs
no need to rush
to the hospital
the children
all playing
nothing to cook
no meetings
nothing at all.
Suddenly
I was crying
like a baby
the worst year
was over
and I
was too exhausted
to move.
Author notes
The end of the year that my youngest was treated for cancer, I had been
sleeping for about half an hour a night for 9 months …
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