Fill in the Blanks Poem

All I want is someone to

Someone to

All I want is someone to

Someone to

All I want is someone to

Someone to

All I want is someone to

Someone to

All I want is

Dear (someone you want to share with)

I would like to tell you

something that is on my mind that I am uncomfortable saying directly:

You tell me

something that person has said:

You tell me

something else that person has said:

You tell me

something else that person has said:

I would like to tell you

put your emotions into words; how that person makes you feel:

So during our next encounter

describe the scene and

what really happens when you speak face to face

using the last few lines

of

the poem

Five syllables: describe the "big day"

Seven syllables: sensory impressions from the "big day"

Five syllables: your thoughts looking back on the experience now that it is behind you

I am (at a particular point in treatment)

I wonder (something you are actuall curious about)

I hear (a sound, a voice)

I see (a sight, a scene)

I want (an actual desire)

I am

I pretend (describe a secret wish)

I feel (an emotion related to the secret wish)

I touch (an imaginary touch)

I worry (something that really worries you)

I ask (a question without a simple answer)

I am

I understand (something you know is true)

I believe (something els eyou know is true)

I dream (something you actually dream about)

I trust (something you believe in)

I hope (something you actually hope for)

I am

Once I was

Now I am

Once I was

Now I am

Once I was

Now I am

Five syllables: Describe when it happened

Seven syllables: Describe what happened

Five syllables: Your worst fear

Seven syllables: A positive outcome from the experience

Seven syllables: One life lesson you learned as a result

Cancer is so limited...

It cannot (verb + feeling or noun)

I used to

But now I

I always

But I never

I once

But now I

If I could

I would

I never

But I might

I can't

But I can

I won't

But I might

I used to

But now I

I am willing to

But I am not willing to

It was one thing when I had

All the

in the world

It is another thing now.

I am willing to

But I will not

It was one thing when I

It is another thing now

I am willing to

But my

It was one thing when I

It is another thing now

I am willing to

But I have

It is one then when I

It is another thing now

I am grateful to discover the difference

Between things that matter to me

And things that do not

What if

I might

What if

I could

What if

I would

Ask a question:

I am afraid of

I am afraid that

I am even afraid

I am afraid of

I am afraid that

I am even afraid

I want

I even want

I want

I even want

Most of all

Directions: First, choose a feeling from this list:

loneliness
injustice
anger
hopefulness
fear
compassion
courage
hopelessness
bravery
creativity
enthusiasm
loss
depression

Now try to create an instant poem thinking about this feeling as if it were a person.

I am

I dress in

I need

I only relate to

I vacation

My job is

I thrive

I am diagnosed

I am radiated

I am (feeling)

I am (action)

I (action)

I am (action)

I (behavior)

I am (action)

I (action)

I am (action)

I (behavior)

I (action)

I (physical response)

I (behavior)

I (physical response)

I (action)

I (physical response)

I (action)

I heal

I am cut

I am reconstructed

I am sliced

I am (action)

I am stitched

I am (reaction)

I (reaction)

I am (action)

I (reaction)

I am (reaction)

I am (action)

I (action)

I am (reaction)

I (action)

I (behavior)

I (action)

I (behavior)

I heal

I am poisoned

I am recovering

I am (feeling)

I (behavior)

I am (feeling)

I (behavior)

I am (feeling)

I (behavior)

I (physical response)

I (behavior)

I am (physical response)

I (behavior)

I am (physical response)

I (behavior)

I (physical response)

I live

I (physical response)

I am feeling

I heal

I am healing

By (your name here)

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