Are you sure it's not going to hurt?
I said
Oh yes, he said
As the needle went in deeper.
I squirmed as it relieved its load
And then further in it went
Are you sure
I said
Oh yes he said
As the skin tags got punched all the way through
A gaping hole
Are you sure?
Ah yes, I'm qualified
Are you sure?
Are you questioning me?
Are you..?
Silence.
And then
I am not sure
I have my doubts
I know I am not sure
And why ask the idiot
To self reflect?
Are you sure what I feel is okay
I said
Ah yes, I said as reverberations shiver
From the head to the toes
A bell rings itself
I hear my own chime
Oh yes
I feel what I know
No question
A centered self
I am supremely qualified
How am I sure?
It is I who lives my life
Are you?..
Shhhhh
Certainty
Of course I am sure
I'm not in the business
Of unpicking my own stitches
I am not afraid
To glimpse the naked emperor
Of course I am sure
Don't stand in my way
Coursing blood
Does not deny its own pulse