Louvenia Duncan Poet Free verse

Visiting a Friend With Cancer

We drove far to see you
After hearing of your condition
Still expecting to see the same jubilant, healthy, smiling,
God-praising man that we knew
But when we got to your room
I barely recognized you
Grayed hair sitting on your head and clinging to your face
Your body weight plunging to the lower parts of the scale
Only a trace of the man I knew
But then you smiled and gently touched my hand
And, I knew that cancer may destroy your physical body
But your soul was the same – filled with God’s holy spirit, kind, loving, and righteous.
At that moment I knew that
No matter how the tables turned
You WIN!

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Caren Krutsinger April 13, 2021 at 10:08 PM This is exactly how it is, so thank you for writing this excellent missive. Louvenia Duncan May 2, 2021 at 7:32 PM Hi Caren, Thank you for your comment. This describes what I experienced when a dear friend of mine died in 2012. It was a very painful experience. He was (and is) loved by so many. We miss him dearly. Again, thanks!