3 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam

I’m Not Ready for This

A routine trip to the doctor

I have bad news

My heart drops through my chest to the floor

cancer

You have Diabetes

Diabetes

I can live with Diabetes

A closet with a five minute video from the 50’s

A nurse with a test kit

I’m on my own

Wait a minute

I’m not ready

I don’t know anything about Diabetes

Tears

A call to my wife

More tears

The internet

Friends

Doctors

Needles

Pills

Seminars

Conferences

I can live with Diabetes

and I Do

Every     Single     Day

~ Lori Renee

Lori Renee is a writer who is just beginning to get comfortable sharing her words with the world. She welcomes this safe space to share a piece of herself during National Poetry Month.