DEPEND?
I’ve pondered stomas quite a lot
with all the fuss and all that grot
and sometimes pain that makes me think
it isn’t just the poo and stink.
Sometimes I’ll curse and I may swear
about my stoma being there,
but when I take time to reflect
it’s really what I might expect.
Now, as I think this thing right through
the stoma came to my rescue,
saving me from angst and pain
which plagued my life time and again.
Reluctantly, I must admit
without my stoma, all that shit
would still leak from my anus, so
everyone around would know.
But depending on my ostomy
has meant that I can live life free
from all those problems that I had
which often made me feel so bad.
My stoma makes me feel somehow,
that I can manage better now
than before my stoma came
and completely changed the game.
Gradually, it dawned on me,
that living with an ostomy
was better than it was before
living a life I did deplore.
Because my stoma needs some care
sometimes I wish it was not there,
but there’s no doubting in the end,
upon my stoma I depend.
B. Withers 2023
