Poem

Just wanted to share this poem that a 19 yr old friend of mine wrote for me this week...

Too many questions, not enough answers
My perfect life, interrupted by cancer
Why me, this must be a joke
There go my dreams up in smoke
Do I give up or do I fight?
Am I gonna make it through the night?
What's going to happen, do you even know?
Do I have to stay here, when do I go home?

Well their goes my hair falling to the floor
Is this my body waging a war?
Will it grow back or will it stay away?
And how do I tell my son ‘mommy can't play'

Where did the time go, is it really that bad
Everyone stares at me with faces so sad
Maybe they know something that I don't
Sometimes I don't want to answer the phone
I want to run away, far from this place
I avoid the mirror, who wants to see this face?

Days go by where I just stay in bed
Other days I wonder what lies ahead
Feeling so alone, but surrounded by all
Why did God give me this, I feel so small

But then one day I see my son's face
And remember I'm here by God's loving grace

So I run for life, for yours and mine
And I won't give up, not this time
This is it, it's do or die
I'm looking fear right in the eye

I'm going to run till my race is through
And through it all, know that I love you..."