Phoenix

How am I still standing?

Why am I still here?

Death has come for me many times.

Death a visitor in my life.

Until the final visit.

In my childhood,

Died a thousand deaths .

Breathing difficulties many times,

I’m still here.

Heart attack at 32,

Still here.

Suicide attempts,

Still here.

Doctors said at 35 I won’t see 50.

I turned 50 in July.

Walked around with a torn brachial artery,

Nine whole months,

It nearly cost me my right arm in 2020.

A walking miracle.

Still here .

Diagnoses of kidney cancer last year,

Still here.

Still here until I’m not.

Phoenix