STOMAS - NOT MEANT TO RESENT.
There was a time in history
when stomas were a mystery.
As I had never heard the word
the thought of it seemed quite absurd.
My mind was unconcerned and shut
about things that concerned my butt.
Then this was suddenly all changed
when my guts were rearranged.
My intestines were dissected
and my colon disconnected.
The concept was quite difficult
a stoma was the end result.
I went in for an operation
to improve my sanitation.
Some get ileostomies
yet others have colostomies.
These are holes made into our tums
to replace old faulty bums.
Whatever way you look at it
they’re there to let our poo exit.
You end up with a great big bag
that fills with poo then starts to sag.
Bags can burst with faeces raw
and this is something we abhor.
When you have had your world so rocked
then this can leave you rather shocked.
It’s such an inconvenience
and not a good experience.
It’s little wonder some resent
what their stomas represent.
But on balance all the strife
just means that we’ve been given life.
B. Withers 2013
There was a time in history
when stomas were a mystery.
As I had never heard the word
the thought of it seemed quite absurd.
My mind was unconcerned and shut
about things that concerned my butt.
Then this was suddenly all changed
when my guts were rearranged.
My intestines were dissected
and my colon disconnected.
The concept was quite difficult
a stoma was the end result.
I went in for an operation
to improve my sanitation.
Some get ileostomies
yet others have colostomies.
These are holes made into our tums
to replace old faulty bums.
Whatever way you look at it
they’re there to let our poo exit.
You end up with a great big bag
that fills with poo then starts to sag.
Bags can burst with faeces raw
and this is something we abhor.
When you have had your world so rocked
then this can leave you rather shocked.
It’s such an inconvenience
and not a good experience.
It’s little wonder some resent
what their stomas represent.
But on balance all the strife
just means that we’ve been given life.
B. Withers 2013
