# Fallen soldier

Author: james mikoto
Tags: Poems, Poetry, sickness

#3 of poetry

There are just a few things that can hit you so hard  
That even years later you are left emotionally scarred.  
It is the word that makes me freeze,  
When all I really want to do, I scream.  
This thing that scares me so much is cancer.  
But she is too tough, I was sure it couldn't get her.  
This awful word has taken my family and friends  
And leaves deep cuts I am afraid will never fully mend  
But it doesn't make sense, she is such a strong woman  
I looked up to her for standing by through thick and thin.  
I tell my mother she can't be right  
It couldn't get her, she would put up too big a fight.  
They say there are fights you just can't win  
But I know this woman, she will never give in.  
This is the woman who wouldn't lay to rest  
Until she felt her daughters did their best.  
All I know is that she will win this fight  
And until that day I will pray  
for her heart every night.

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