i am afraid of
pain &
humiliation.
i don’t
want to
vomit all over my
pride
& scream out my
cowardice into the
pitiless
night.
i will to
enter the crucible of
medicine as a
champion
& accept the
grace of suffering as a
hero.
however frail
my body or
shocked my
brain
i will
survive.
whatever fate
demands––
my heart will be
strong.
whatever comes––
my heart will be
willing,
whatever goes––
my eternal heart
will be
good as
new.