Cancer and Courage
"cancer can attack your body but it cannot touch your heart
and it cannot touch your soul and it cannot take away
your courage. " Quote _Constance
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hundreds of cancers
invade humans like creeping ivy
spreading, climbing and vining uncontrollably
I have lost family and friends
to cancers that have metastasis to distant places
that are aggressive and invasive and out of control
each person's journey is unique
but one thing that holds true in each case I have seen
is the person's courage
recently, my uncle died
of bone cancer and it was horrible
it swept through him like an ivy gone wild
my cousin died of brain cancer
she fought until nothing in her thrived anymore
but her courage right to the end will forever shine
I lost a friend to breast cancer
she always said from the very beginning that she would
" beat this," she didn't
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June 3, 2021
Poetry/Verse/cancer and courage
Copyright Protected, ID 06-1360-922-03
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France
Written for the Standard contests, Cancer Ivy
sponsor, Chantelle Anne Cook, Judged 07/02/2021
First Place
Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2021
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