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I've got you under my skin
My little grain of Goserelin.
You've got me by my short and curlies
making me sexless, angry, surly.
All emotional, but no fire.
Hot flushes, no desire.

Another injection; 3 months more.
All ache but not sore.
Other people that's not hell
HT the torturer with chemical spell.
But you know this is not me.
This is a bear caged, unfree.
With your help I'll fight and flout
These chemical chains and break out.

There are fences to be crossed
Emotional, biological, geographical,
Chronological, ontological, chemical.
Big decisions not lightly tossed.

There are barriers to be overcome;
Cancer and its adversary: radiotherapy,
That's not to mention hormone therapy.
Monstrous barriers and then some.

There are walls to be scaled:
Rage, anger, fear, ache, disbelief.
Sometimes tears are such a relief.
These walls: they will be nailed.

There are tall spiked railings to climb
Loneliness, doubt, heartache, pain
And like stair-rods tears fall like rain,
But we'll climb; overcome, reach the sublime.