Number nine for “C”

my story numBER nInE foR “c”

Hep C Australasia website member, Lynn, writes countdown poetry to support fellow members who are coming to the end of their hep C treatment.

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In the online forum you are seen as a warrior, or dragon slayer, trying to kill your dragon (the virus). We invented a town called dragonville where you live while you battle it out. For some reason we gave dragonville a small ‘d’ and it has remained that way. This is one of the dragonville poems.’

“C” has genotype 1. She did nine weeks of telaprevir, was taken off due to side effects, and continued on Ribavirin and Interferon for a total of 48 weeks. “C” has finished her countdown and is currently waiting to see if she has slain her dragon.

In dragonville the snow lies deep And slayers toss in their sleep They dream of battles newly won And turning faces to the sun

But with the dawn will come the day And warriors must wend their way To where the dragons stamp and wait With fiery breath and strutting gait

Sword in hand the fighters strike And battle on with all their might Until the snow with blood runs red From a dragon down or dead

And when the dark reclaims the land Then the warriors form a band And wearily they find the track That leads them on forever back

To dragonville where fires burn bright Defeating demons of the night And tales are told of heroes bold Of battles won in days of old

Then slayers take themselves to bed To rest a weary, weary head Until the dawn breaks up the sky And they set again to try

The snow lies deep in dragonville The air, it is so clear and still And hope it rises with the sun And stays alive till the battle’s done • Lynn Do you like the countdown poems? If so, let us know in the reader survey, page 51.