We tell our stories,
We explore our suffering,
We listen with empathy,
We answer with truth.

Normality escapes us but
Escape is our siren song.
There is more life here,
Than any group of people
Unknown to each other
In my experience.

We laugh, we cry,
We pray, we bring our angels,
We share our pain, our anguish
Our isolation and our clear CT scans.

We are enlivened;
We are on Monday afternoons.

Henry Littlefield
10/18/1999