<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=491127" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Silent Teacher</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">my silent teacher just arrives<br>from a distant city</div><div style="margin:10px 0">her breasts are scanned<br>on an MRI, and she receives<br>the cold news: </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> she has cancer<br>and the cells have spread<br>deep to her bone marrow<br>and spine</div><div style="margin:10px 0">she tells me through the phone<br>without a sob, <br> her voice strong<br>and determined like steel</div><div style="margin:10px 0">there is no possibility that at <br>her age of 68, <br>that she will entertain any invasive<br>treatment or chemotheraphy, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">she is ready and she wants for<br>God's last roll call. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">what a strong woman! <br>what wisdom! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She ends: Praise be God! <br>The Giver and the Taker!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=491127" data-title="My Silent Teacher de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="my silent teacher just arrives from a distant city her breasts are scanned on an MRI, and she receives the cold news: she has cancer and the cells have spread deep to her bone marrow and spine she tells me through the phone without a sob, h..."></div> </div> </div>

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