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Hope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2012

Roger Granet
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Poetry/Fiction
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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , June 2013, pp. 281
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 
My head hurts
And whispers:
“Let Go.”
Yet my soul soars
And shouts:
“Not Yet.”
My soma swells
And requests:
“Give Up.”
My heart hopes
And demands:
“Hang on.”
My body burns
And pleads:
“Release Me.”
But my psyche snaps
And pronounces:
“Get lost.”
What is this mystical,
Magical split which demands debate:
Between Life
And Death
As I choose
Hope against hope.
And why not
Say the word, hope,
Over and over?
It wouldn't kill me.