inside of you

peering inside the human body is both a revelatory and mystifying experience. you marvel as you look at the symphony of the various parts that composes all of us. the actual surgery though is not a spiritual experience for me. it seems that in a period of time, you may forget the sum of all the parts. you focus on the incision, the stitch, the sterile environment. no part of the body becomes sacred anymore. we prod, we poke, we sponge, we cauterize, with the hopes that when we sew the patient up, all may be well.