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it’s all in what you believe

it’s all in what you believe
if you can believe that
all in what you believe
some people know
and some don’t

It’s delicate, always shifting
and the strongest thing you know

All of you in all of that

Experts say you’re dying
you have cancer in your lungs
your skull your spine maybe your liver
your lymph nodes
whatever
looking at pictures of pictures
saying what they believe
about these mysteries in you

It’s all in what you believe

Do you believe your will
or them
or both
delicate shifting
and absolute
there’s a groove in you
that you know is true
a way past everything
through all that is terrible
and all that is wonderful

It’s all in what you believe

from Sue — 8 poems for my sister — Bill Eberle

Summer 2007     © 2007, 2026 Bill Eberle