April 27, 2011

A scar
in my bellybutton
resembles
a cross

from my viewpoint
it’s upside down
&
it’s been slowly fading
as I watch

still each time
it’s seen
the memory triggers
of
waking up
from surgery in
an evacuated hospital

in under

a couple hours
I was getting dressed
& insisting
the nurse take out
the IV

so I could go
check on my family
in a blackout

the area was shredded
by tornadoes while
they cut into me