Words from a Breast Cancer Survivor

WORDS FROM A CANCER SURVIVOR

YOU’RE NOT MY FRIEND

OR ANYONE I WOULD CARE TO KNOW.

YOU CAME WITH A PUNCH

BUT I GOT YOU WITH A TKO.

YOU ATTACKED MY BACK, BLOOD, BONES AND MY BREASTS

YOUR PAIN RUNS SO DEEP.

YOU’RE MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE REST

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD GET ME.

I COULDN’T EAT OR SMILE, JUST CRY.

I THOUGHT OF GIVING UP,

LET DEATH GIVE YOU A TRY.

I THOUGHT ABOUT MY CHILDREN AND

THINGS THAT HAD TO BE DONE.

I LOOKED UP AND SAID A PRAYER

GOD REPLIED “MY CHILD CANCER HASN’T WON”

YOU TRIED HARD TO GET ME

WITH MY GOD, I PUT UP A FIGHT.

DOCTORS SAID YOU DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE

YOU WANTED TO STAY IN MY LIFE.

I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU CAME FROM OR

HOW YOU GOT IN.

BUT THIS BATTLE OF MINE

I KNEW I HAD TO WIN.

YOU TOOK SOME OF MY CLOSET ONES

YOU TOOK SOME OF MY FRIENDS TOO

YOU MIGHT AS WELL LEAVE

I’M NOT AFRAID OF YOU.

YOU MADE ME LOSE MY HAIR

YOU MADE ME LOSE SO MANY POUNDS.

YOU CREEPED UP ON ME

WITHOUT MAKING A SOUND.

I’VE HAD MANY HEARTACHES AND PAINS.

YOU EVEN PLAYED WITH MY MIND.

YOU BOTHERED ME LATE AT NIGHT

I COULDN’T SLEEP MOST OF THE TIME.

I KNEW I WASN’T ALONE.

I KNEW WHO HAD MY BACK.

THEN I LOOKED THAT CANCER IN THE FACE

ME AND MY GOD LAUNCHED AN ATTACK.

ALL SURVIVORS TAKE A STAND

YOU’RE ALL HEROS TO ME

LET US ALL TAKE A STAND

AGAINST CANCER -THE ENEMY!

TO ALL CANCER SURVIVORS

BY

MARIE LEWIS