Tors, your poem also struck a chord with me - although I don't have children I still feel I let my family down.
Guilt Tripping
“You were always so healthy as a child”
Is that an accusation?
My mother’s tone is mild
But does she think I chose this situation?
“Maybe it came from you being hit in the chest by a ball”
Thank you, sister dear.
But breast injuries have nothing to do with it at all,
On that, the web sites are very clear.
And yes, in university I liked to have a drink,
But other students drank way more than me;
Surely they’d have got it sooner if there was a link.
Besides, in recent years my drink was often tea.
Ten years on the pill couldn't be the answer,
As I came off it nine years ago.
Since it was an aggressive cancer,
It would have been quicker to grow.
Search for reasons but please see,
I never asked for this in my life,
It feels like you’re blaming me,
Which cuts me deeply as a knife.
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