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Shores of acceptance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2022

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Anjali Gupta*
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Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
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Author for correspondence: Anjali Gupta, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2115 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, DC 20007, USA. E-mail: amg410@georgetown.edu
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Poetry
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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , December 2022 , pp. 917
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press
Connecting,
then turning away
from the pain.
Should I embrace it?
The depth
is daunting: I fear being
swallowed by a
sinkhole whole, her words
echoing as memories
flash in my mind.
Its cavity is stirred,
inescapable.
Striving in a
daily tug-of-life.
I carry the weight:
a sherpa's load,
traversing
my heart's terrain.
Do I build
a wall of armor
or allow the surge?
Embracing it, will I
sail to the shores
of acceptance?
There is not always a rope
to rescue her —to save
her from her own body…
I climb out from my heart,
one⋯step,⋯then⋯another.