We just sit and wait

Sitting in the hard uncomfortable chairs in

Packed waiting room

We all have a story

We are all loved by someone

We all wait to hear our names called

The tense moments before my name is finally called

I walk down the hall and give my urine sample in

The nurse leads me into the room

The Dr.  Explains the procedure

I’m listening but her voice is like being underwater

My mind is spinning

I’m fixated on the feeling of the water and air being pushed inside me

I can feel the blood running down my legs and I’m mortified

The camera takes me on a tour of my vagina , my cervix and finally to my uterus

There it is an ugly looking bleeding polyp

The biopsy’s been taken

And now I just wait

-Angelina Galeano-