Phyllis Babcock Poet I do not know?

The Lucky One

It came to me once before
I said please I want no more
But it came to me twice
Please go away it would be nice
All the chaos and distress
My life was surely a mess
I said I can beat you this time
My life would just be fine
Then you came a second time
There was no reason or rhyme
The second time they were wrong
Time was eternity it took so long
The cancer did not come back to me
I was one of the lucky ones you see
Some people do not have that fate
They find cancer and it's way to late

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Vassilis Comporozos January 31, 2015 at 9:15 AM A song out ofyour heart...

Poet Destroyer A January 31, 2015 at 4:19 AM Phyllis , Congratulations on having your poem featured on the soups home page. ~Always & Forever~ LINDA

Abdiel Rios January 29, 2015 at 8:56 PM This poem should be interesting to readers that have cancer maybe if they read it they might think more positive to fight it

Jerry Bolton January 29, 2015 at 10:38 AM Always like to hear the good news of beating cancer at its own game But you are correct, that is not the case many, many times. Loved the rhyming.

Daver Austin January 26, 2015 at 10:35 AM So happy for you, Phyllis. Congrats on the selection. Love, daver

Jack Horne August 16, 2013 at 2:44 PM so glad you beat this awful disease, Phyll. My mum was lucky too - she had breast cancer around 15 years ago

Hgarvey Daniel Esquire March 17, 2013 at 10:52 PM Dear Phyllis, This hits home I can hear the fear and feel the relief of remission I am in remission right now for stomach cancer but there is the fear it could come back.Informative Write. With LOVE ALWAYS and FOREVER YOUR Eternal Liege...Harry Phyllis Babcock March 20, 2013 at 9:59 AM I think once you have had cancer the fear of it coming back is always there. I hope and pray that your are in remission for a long time.

Andrea Dietrich October 21, 2010 at 1:49 PM good one . You told me about this already, right? I hope I am not mixing you up with someone else. You had gotten cancer before as I recall. I think it would be a very strange and horrible experience to have to live thru that. LUv, andrea