  | David Braziel
Although born and raised in England I have lived in Portadown for over ten years now. Married with two young children I spend my days working as an IT consultant but increasingly spend my spare time writing poetry and short stories. In 2004 I was a runner up in the BBC End of Story competition. |
The Big 'C' by David Braziel |
A word with the power
to stop a clock,
still tongues
and darken rooms.
A shell so spiked
it sticks, even
in the throats
of doctors. Instead they use
the cleaner words:
Oncology,
Malignancy. A scuttling disease
finding a crack
and prising
open. The lucky ones
stagger back
into their lives
gasping, newborn. With fresh holes
that let in light
and the wind
at new angles.
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