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Habitual Overgrowth
September 11, 2018
She couldn’t feel the rings of smoke
manifesting in her lungs,
couldn’t see the blood
dripping from her cigarette,
slowly infecting.
It turned everything black,
starting with her insides.
They rotted into ashes
just like she’s used to.
She thought she could stop,
keep it from spreading.
But she didn’t know
that she can’t smell
Carbon Monoxide.
© Sarah A., Escondido, CA
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This piece is about my mother, who passed away from lung cancer when I was young.