Would You See?

Would You See?

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If you saw me then

Walking down the street,

You'd notice wide hips,

Round belly,

Absent breasts

That cancer took from me.

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You wouldn't see

My courage,

My strength,

My gifts as a healer,

My traumas,

My sorrows,

My pride in raising my child alone,

My loneliness,

My resilience.

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If you saw me now

You'd notice my crowning glory,

Hair in fluid layers of

Purple

(would you notice wisdom, creativity, peace?),

Blue

(would you know it signifies heaven, serenity, health?),

Magenta

(would you understand harmony, compassion, balance?)

And the gray that comes with years lived.

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You'd see my courage,

My strength,

My beauty,

My pride,

And yet, perhaps too,

My loneliness,

And my hips.