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Water from the Rock

A living testimony

By Natasha CollazoPublished 15 days ago 1 min read
Water from the Rock
Photo by Nedim T. on Unsplash

They said the desert would finish me,

that the map would end here.

CT scans are machinery for reason.

To spot the clue.

The numbers casted heavy with fatality.

Chicken scratch of my uterus drawn on the papers labeled “ malignant mass”

by the doctor’s hand made it more real.

He made sure of that.

But You had a plan. You purposed that plan.

You have never stayed on terrain, or where logic shakes its fists.

Instead, you struck the rock of impossibility,

not gently,

but with the authority of I AM.

And what bled from stone

was not droplets of mercy —

but gulps.

Life came rushing where death tried to claim me.

My cells obeyed You.

Malignancy feared you.

What should have been a grave today,

became a well for tomorrow.

Let them call it remission,

statistics, false shadows, anomaly—

I know the sound of water in the wilderness,

and the Rock that refuses to let deserts

have the final word.

Gratitude

About the Creator

Natasha Collazo

Selected Writer in Residency, Champagne France ---2026

The Diary of an emo Latina OUT NOW

https://a.co/d/0jYT7RR

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  • Lana V Lynx15 days ago

    What a powerful poem, Natasha! I hope and wish you it stays in remission, this year and forever. Merry Christmas!

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