KATY TESSMAN
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Throughout my breast cancer journey, I participated in a variety of therapies including Music Therapy with guided imagery and Healing Touch. Writing was also therapeutic for me. Telling my story through haikus was very healing.

Haikus

my first mammogram
the right thing at the right time
then a biopsy

phone call with results
positive is negative
like falling down deep

5, 4, 3, 2, 1
like a rocket ship blast off
forced to wean my babe

fortieth birthday
I avoid my reflection
goodbye triple D

I miss my nipples
nursed my babies for six years
changed me forever

chemotherapy
a battle ground well traveled
call me warrior

day number 19
had total body hair loss
still have my feet warts

I find a ladder
family, friends, and neighbors
each a step up higher


support of loved ones
made me strong, robust, and tough
spirit positive

hair on my head grows
like flowers bloom in the spring
shave my legs again

I, Wonder Woman
my comeback is slow but sure
I wear pink with pride

plenty of prayers said
heal, cure, rediscover self
pray to my body

the reconstruction
project: we can re-build her
continues again

another needle
punctures my skin with pigment
feminine markings

these two scars of mine
markings of never again
check marks, done and done

I am a mother
daughter, sister, auntie, friend
and a survivor


haikus written by my sons,
Louis and Maxwell

our Mama is a
beautiful garden full of
colorful flowers

a weed called cancer
grew in her fertile garden
we don't like cancer

Mama lost her hair
like dead autumn leaves it fell
looks like a fighter


These haikus can be heard at Of Scars.
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      • Author News
    • ABOUT "Hero Now Crowned" >
      • Pre-Order HERO NOW CROWNED book
    • ABOUT "Our Mama is a Beautiful Garden" >
      • Acknowledgements
      • Haikus
      • Sponsor the Book
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    • Hero Now Crowned
    • BLOG
    • SURVIVOR
    • READER >
      • Book Buddies
      • Building a Diverse Book Collection
    • MAKER >
      • Makerspace in the Media Center