Across the soft green grass we’d run,
Laughing blithely as we’d play.
Through the muddy creek we’d splash,
On a stifling summer’s day.
As children we were so naïve,
We knew not what was coming.
For in the distance the heart of the beast
Had already begun its thrumming.
As time got shorter and we grew older,
We held the world within our hands.
While the beast sat waiting, contemplating,
Devising his odious plans.
His attack did not come swiftly
Like a bullet from a gun.
Once you realized he was lurking,
The damage was already done.
You tried valiantly to fight him,
This red devil concealed within,
As he thieved your hair and poisoned your blood,
And burned blisters on your skin.
You unleashed your own monsters upon him
In hopes of keeping him at bay,
But he only came back stronger each time.
He refused to go away.
You battled him until the bitter end
As he drained you of your life.
Then he carried away my sister, my friend,
A mother, a daughter, a wife.
The creature moved on to stalk new prey,
Leaving so many questions unanswered.
How can we stop this malignant demon,
The beast we know as cancer?
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