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the weight of surviving

by Jessica AcostaSurvivor, Rectal CancerMay 28, 2025View more posts from Jessica Acosta

you take and you take,
but you didn’t take me.

I’m grateful.
I’m fortunate.
I’m alive.

you take and you take,
but you didn’t take me.

yet I’m heavy.
yet I’m grieving.
yet I’m angry.

you take and you take,
but you didn’t take me.

why can my light stay while others must leave?
it seems that guilt will always live in me.

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