If All of Our Thoughts Were Audible
(On the Oncology Day Ward)
If all of our thoughts were audible,
This would be a ward abuzz.
You wouldn't be able to hear yourself',
Much less the others.
Like a thousand dice tossed about
In gentle, criss-crossed, conversational confusion
And all the while
It is quiet too,
Deceivingly so,
But accepted and appreciated
By this racing mind
In a slow-motion body,
A grace-filled gentle space too,
Paradoxically,
With respite and relief
For this one racing mind
In need of calm.
- CS Lathrop
- 27/06/2025