Snippets of Thoughts While Coming Out of an Anesthetic by Gregg Rowe
Belief comes in many forms.
Do a sponge bath daily:
Remind yourself of the Nile's
Public baths where people
Religiously cleansed their souls
With weekly public sponge baths.
Massage your stapled incisions:
underneath people will see
there beats the goodness of your heart.
Wear your battle scars proudly:
you are alive
to tell the story behind them.
Say: I love you:
Not only to your care giving team
But also to yourself;
Because imperfection
is now branded
upon your skin.
This train station
is my next
train stop
on my ticketed journey.
Never just think of yourself.
You cannot value life
until you have been
a witness to near death.
Meditate, concentrate, evaluate.
Think and create different ways
you can thank all your angels
that had kissed you
Embrace all your friends
who have shaken your hand.
Say Hi!at least once a day,
shower them with your smiles,
whisper an anonymous thank-you¡
to every care giver and everyone else
you encounter on your journey of recovery
before it ends:
That way
you can be sure you have
thanked everyone you intended.
One of my red pills (Colace)
has the initials PMS
in white letters written on it
(Ironically, the pill, is a stool softener.)
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I'm very happy to see they took good care of your heart and spirit while you were away! As always another beautiful write from you. Take care of you and get lots of rest. Cindy 
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