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  1. Section Editor(s): Young-Mason, Jeanine EdD, RN, CS, FAAN

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Survive, is that the word for it

 

for what one does

 

for what one is

 

One's enemies abound

 

with truths and partial truths

 

that want to kill

 

before one can embrace

 

the truth one yearns to hold

 

The volunteers for truth abound,

 

the esoteric squad

 

one knows if one has truly lived

 

They fear that imperfection

 

may reflect on them

 

if it is overlooked

 

and left to grow

 

and mar the definition

 

they have given life

 

Survive, for what?

 

to be content to live with hope

 

not bitterness:

 

survive to lose oneself

 

for other reasons

 

than the flaws

 

one knows exist

 

Reference

 

Surviving. In: Disappearances: Poems by Herbert Mason. New York & London: Nimatullahi Publications. (Published with permission of author.) Website http://www.herbertwmason.com. 1999.