Didn’t get far learning Gaeilge,
distracted by wife’s surgery
for possible ovarian cancer.
So instead I wrote a story about
three pre-Christian gods of
healing, beseeching them.
Endometriosis, not cancer;
a miracle she’d given birth twice,
that she still had a life to live.
Language of ancestors,
language of worship,
language of love.
~ Wry Welwood
Published 6th of August 2022, in Bazaar of the Bizarre, on the writers’ platform Medium.
Published in Shadow in Light, Valentine’s Day 2023, on Substack.com.