Hi, I'm Beverley Joy of Simply Story Poetry. In August 2024, I received the bad news that the blood cancer, Multiple Myeloma, which I had treated with radiation a year earlier, had spread through my spine and ribs.

I have been silent online for the past year, focusing on regaining my health. The Chemotherapy I received over the past year successfully killed all the cancer in my body, though the painful damage to my bones remains.

I wrote this poem before I received this news. I feel well enough to recommence my poetry with this apt poem, which has sat in my draft folder for over a year.

This poem was inspired by the film True Spirit, a true story about the 16-year-old Australian Jessica Watson, who sailed solo non-stop around the world in 2009. I was also inspired by Michael Singer's podcast - Navigating the Ocean of Life.

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