The Human Touch 2013 - University of Colorado Denver

Battle’s sign [Continued]
After all
How many times have I heard
Dr. Rick Albert warn about drugs with xyz
No oxcarbazepime was going to do the
trick
I won’t pretend
That my heart
Isn’t quivering in its holster
And that heart-break-spot doesn’t
ache
Like it did when Saskia died
And that I don’t wake up
Every morning at 5 am full of fear
That these healing hands
Don’t have what it takes
But I will tell you this
Fierce Medicine
Courses through this Cherokee blood
Half witch
Half doctor
100% mommy
I make the warrior’s hearted
Choice to stand here
Engaged And Ready
With active feet
And active hands
Tailbone tucked
Shoulders back
Spine long and
Spirit Strong
Every day we slay the demons
Of toxic food
And toxic medicine
And black clouds of
Negativity that can so easily
Creep in
And rain on our parade
We turn every crisis into
opportunity
We put the FUN back into
dysfunction
We call on Ganesha and Ghandi
And all of the spirits of the
animals
And the people
And the 4 directions
Of the earth
To remind us
To respect and appreciate
The teachers
And the healers
And the lessons
We are meant to learn
The hard way
In this journey
Towards wholeness
My precious brave old soul
I can’t promise
That this doctor can “fi x” you
But, I promise
You will not battle alone. •
There is God [Laura Katers]
PG 86
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