Poem of the day

One breast less

By Jacquline Munro

The operation has been performed

Something that in a life time

You will never think will happen to

One or more

After being marked up and prodded

The hardest thing was the pain block

Expertly placed and pushed into my back

Was the only time I bawled

I wanted to leave run away

Crawl out of the theatre

By the side door

Was my decision right

To remove my left breast tonight

The anaesthetist took over

The last and the first to be seen

And I was wheeled onto the ward

Not knowing what

The morning will bring

When I touched my left breast

Which was my best

When breastfeeding it was

The pudding breast flavours

She caressed

But today I am frightened

To look at it

As there is nothing there

Examination from the surgeons

Delighted with their works

Inflation to start in January

I have got over the worst

Lots of pain

But controlled by a switch

So I will rest

That is my ordeal

                                                         Of the removal of my left breast