Kelly Ohara Poet Rhyme

Rachel

Rachel

Oh Rachel, my most valued 
friend

You were taken to soon in the end

Are first it was breast cancer that you were bound to beat

The radiation burnt you from the heat 

They took your breasts and tried to recreate

But something went wrong and you were ok with your fate

They couldn’t do the reconstruction but you were okay

You would live through another day 

Fast forward and you were cleared for a year

It brought a lot of joy and cheer

To celebrate you went on a cruise

You knew you had nothing to lose 

During the vacation something was not right

It brought you into yet another fight

Pancreatic cancer, stage one, it won’t be that bad you said 

But soon there would be tears to shed 

By the time the surgery was to happen, it went to stage four

They said there was nothing they could do for you anymore 

You lived only a few months from that day

We are all left here to continue to pray

You gave with your heart and always lent an ear 

Always so happy and never had fear

As you fought, you had kindness and grace

Always calming others and never a sad face 

The one thing you asked was to take care of your boys

The cancer didn’t care what it destroys 

My heart and mind thinks of you all the time 

Taking you too soon was a crime. 



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Christuraj Alex July 1, 2021 at 7:36 PM But soon there would be tears to shed Beautiful. Congratulations!

Constance La France June 16, 2021 at 7:28 AM Kelly, beautifully penned and so emotional, "The cancer didn’t care what it destroys" so true. I have recently lost a friend also that started as breast cancer and spread to her entire body and a cousin that started with breast cancer with the same fate, in the end it spread to her bones and then her brain, and the saddest thing for me there could be no funerals because of Covid 19, love _Constance Kelly Ohara June 16, 2021 at 8:13 AM She also died during Covid. It was so fast. One week she was at the hospital and talking, the next her husband asking for anyone to come to see her. I didn’t realize how fast it was going to take her. I hate to look back but I think her surgery was put off because of Covid. I hate to think that maybe if she got in there sooner they could have saved her but that won’t bring her back.