The word hung in the air like a noxious gas, choking me.
“Cancer.”
Its consonants clattered and hissed, drowning out the rest of the doctor’s words. It cast a veil of freezing fog around me.
It hoisted me onto the ceiling, above my body. Just the word and me, floating.
Natalie is a Clinical Psychologist and aspiring writer in Wales, UK.
Wow, a powerful piece.
So apt and powerful
Stark. Caught my breath!
Powerful