Leigh Nickolyn Poet I do not know?

The Cancer Note

The cancer note
          For Pawpaw

Every time 
I walked in 
Your hospital room
A smile formed on your face
With open arms.

A priest 
With a bible
Would enter daily
To pray for this sickness
To end
Even though you knew
Your time was limited.

You never really believed in a God
But without a wife
To hold on to
Or health that would give hope
You turned
To your Catholic religion.

Hoping God 
Would relieve your skin tone
With your energy
And happiness.

That note you wrote
Made many people cry
But I never really 
Understood it
Until now.

You wrote
"God is true. Give your life to him."

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