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Finding Inner Strength  [E]
A diagnosis of breast cancer can put one into a tailspin of hopelessness.
by Redtowrite
Review by Beholden
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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This is a powerful poem. It has a depth of meaning and emotion uncommon in the world. I would not normally review a poem on breast cancer being a man and therefore with no experience of such things, but this is about far more than that, isn't it? And I'm human too.

There's a line in the first stanza that made me sit up and take notice. "I've no strength left to submit." I'm a sucker for anything ambiguous at the best of times but this is something special. At first glance it seems to be saying that there's no strength left after the battles of life in order to surrender. Does it take strength to submit? What a question! I'll have to think long and hard about that but I suspect it's true.

But then there's the alternative meaning of "submit" - to put forward for consideration. So there is the statement that there is no strength left to put up against these slings and arrows of life. And that would be the more usual meaning in this situation. I think both are true but my opinion hardly matters. It is enough to point out the delightful double meaning.

And I've spent too long on one line as usual and now everything else will look hurried. It's what I tend to do, I'm afraid.

There follows images to describe the hopeless feeling of a woman in that state, held up only by an angel bringing comfort and rescue from surrender to the beast. You have a gift for description that is well used. And the final answer is in faith, just as you say.

Contrary to its initial description, this is a poem of hope and not despair. It is quite beautiful in its facing up to the terrible problem, finding redemption beyond what we see with our eyes. Really tremendous stuff - I cannot praise it enough.

Oh, and there are no grammatical errors or typos - as if that would matter!

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