Tell Me About Life

Relay for the Cure

This is dedicated to those who have fought the big C.

Relay for the Cure

They were told by a sad-voiced doctor
That their days were numbered on Earth.
But they gulped down the death-gripping fear,
And followed the cures that he ordered.

Operations were scheduled and done
With white-fisted clasps of the hand
From loved ones who gathered around
With carnations and vases of roses.

Others fragranced the hospital rooms
And were sent by neighbors and friends
Who’d forwarded love and good wishes
For their speedy recoveries in health.

But then that quickly was over
As patients returned to their homes.
Yet still there were Chemo and drugs.
And sick days that followed the good.

The worries abounded and fretted,
But weeks became months and then years.
For those patients had finally conquered
The fiercest of dragons called Cancer.

They looked into death and they triumphed.
Now joyfully they wave flags of victory
And they march in the Relay for Cure.
To show us the face of the Brave.

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