Voices

I have gotten used to the radiation.
This I have repeatably said.
It is not revenge, anger, or frustration.

This is my life's new direction,
It's not all in my head.
I have gotten used to the radiation.

They told me I wouldn't feel the alienation,
Can you hear the wailing of the dead?
It is not revenge, anger, or frustration.

Slow, invisible, suffocation.
It lingers down, beneath my bed.
I have gotten used to the radiation.

Inhumane mutilation.
To my death bed, oh so it led.
It is not revenge, anger, or frustration.

A critical, wasted life, situation.
Disfigured words left unsaid.
"I have gotten used to the radiation,
It is no longer revenge, anger, or frustration."