Beautiful girls with no hair...
I found a little lump last year
of course I thought the worst
at my age, could it really be
just why had I been cursed
the medicals and surgicals
spoke frankly though the smiles
of chemicals and percentages
tribulations and of trials
of confidence, assurances
and reasons just to be
special, individual
to fight and just be me.
It seems like quite a while ago
after what we've all been through
but every day I thought about
what I would have to do
and even when I lost my hair
and the mirror said I'd gone
I lit my way determinedly
my resolution shone
and do you know I think it helped
was part of my success
doggedly refusing though
I really must confess
I cried myself to sleep at times
at others gave up hope
I'd sit around just feeling numb
I'd wander, dream and mope
then something would come back to me
a fire deep inside
the strength to take the challenges
and the darkness would subside
then eventually and gradually
some brighter days returned
I seized upon these moments and
built on what I'd learned
and felt that I was in control
for the first time since that day
when I was told, in likeliness
my life was on its way
don't get me wrong I'd rather not
have learned a lesson so
but perhaps this is something which
you must experience to know
the value and the worth of life
of the time with which we're blessed
cos I've sure started living now
just me and my left breast!
Christopher Dawson
Sun 26th Jun 2011 22:38
Thanks guy, very kind, fortunately not me or mine, I've no direct experience there.
It was actually the girl in the pic, she was in the news this week.