"[Image Description: An artistic rendering of a red blood cell.  The cell is circular, with an indentation in the top.  Several more cells can be seen in the background.] Bloodwork  by Sara Vogler  I see the doctor taking more and more blood,  It scares me,  I do not know if I am to die or to live,  Morning comes everyday,  I wonder if I will too.  I feel worthless and unfair,  My heart beats faster by each piercing,  I feel like the life has been sucked out,  I see shadows,  She is there too,  Her body is just as frail as mine is,  I worry about her,  She is crying,  I reach out,  Her hand touches mine.  The doctors are finished,  They turn the lights off,  Peace and stillness arrives,  I am surrounded by night.  As the morning creeps into my hospital window,  I am the survivor. - Sara Vogler is a poet, writer, actor, and disability advocate.  She recently graduated from CSU Sacramento. Her degree is in International Relations.  She is pursing a Masters in Broadcasting-Journalism. Her favorite thing to say is ""I am not a copy of anything; I am an original fragment painted onto a fantastic canvas ready to shed light on the creative foils of life!"""
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