bubble

I see it in there
So tiny
Floating
Inconspicuous closer closer
I am terrified
I don’t think the cancer will kill me
I know this will
My teacher in middle school
Told us you can kill someone
Inject air in the vein directly
Heart attack
Death
It is moving
The nurse talks to my mother
Stupid talk
Wait wait
You are going to kill me
Excuse me is this okay?
Hey lady, see that bubble
Won’t that kill me?
She laughs a soft gentle laugh and
Taps the line
Gone
Somewhere
But where?
My fear
The one thing we cannot live without will be my
Undoing
Air
Bubble
Floating in the red poison
Searching me out
Taking me the easy way
As the fighter refuses
To quit
So soon.