Breast Cancer Awareness Day

I wrote this poem for a teacher at my school. She has breast cancer. I hope she likes it.

My Faith, My Hope

Breast cancer. A crippling disease.

It can tear families apart,

causes so much pain.

But, it also shows

how strong you can be and

who's a true friend.

Remember there are two sides to one coin.

I wear pink on, this

Breast Cancer Awareness Day

to honor those who have fallen.

To inspire hope to those

still battling.

Fighting for a chance.

for a way. Just like

I used to back in the day.

I used to feel so sick, so weak.

It would start in my chest 

then end in my heart, my head.

I thought, on some days, that 

I would be better off dead.

Sometimes I cursed my 

cancerous breast.

For the pain, the fatigue

because I couldn't do 

what I once did.

I wanted to run and play

Like I used to 

back yonder day,

but I laid there

in that bed 

to wait.

To wait for a cure

to somehow appear.

I wished, I prayed 

that I would live

until that faithful day.

The chance of survival

has increased, but it is 

still, just a maybe.

We need a cure not

not a silver tongued promise.

I was on of the lucky ones,

one of the so very few.

Who faced it head on, 

the never ending feud, and won.

At least for now.

And if the battle starts again.

I will fight, I will wait

until the cure appears

I will have never ending faith.