Bean
written by: Angela Grout
There wasn’t a lump.
It wasn’t even a bump.
It was hot and tight so I complained.
Maybe I should have kept it quiet.
If I never got it checked would it not exist?
She called it a bean, a shadow, until another test.
Now I have a vineyard trying to kill me.
I won’t let it.
I shall live with this cross.
I shall redefine my journey.
I shall leave this world my spirit.
My joy, my love, and my peace.
Cancer will not define me.
I shall redefine it.
I am Bean.
Becoming Extraordinarily Appreciative Now.
I appreciate my life.
Every opportunity and challenge.
It’s shaped me to be me.
Planting only good beans.
Angela Grout is the host of the yWrite televised podcast helping writers to write their stories, and she produces shows for the stage and screen. Before becoming an author, Angela was a professional floral designer and owned a flower shop for three decades where over a million flowers passed through her hands leaving their stories and their fragrance with her. When she’s not listening to the language of flowers, she’s been known to dabble in stand-up comedy and organize some very interesting April Fools Day Pranks.
