INTO MY LIFE THERE CAME A BEACON, BURNING INTENSELY BRIGHT, IT KNEW THAT I WAS SEARCHING, IT SHED ON ME A LIGHT, A WOMAN I HAD KNOWN BEFORE, I WOULD SOON KNOW AGAIN, NOT BY CHANCE OR CIRCUMSTANCE, I WAS LED THERE BY A HAND, SOMEONE NEAR AND DEAR TO ME HAD A CANCER INSIDE OF HER, MULTIPLE MYELOMA IS WHAT SHE HAD, SUPPOSEDLY NO CURE, ALTHOUGH I COULD NOT COMPREHEND THE PAIN SHE HELD WITHIN, I WANTED TO BE CLOSE TO HER, AS A CONFIDANT AND FRIEND, THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES, CLOSE ENOUGH TO FEEL, THE TRUE EMOTIONS WE RELEASE WHEN NIGHTMARES BECOME REAL, I KNOW I CANNOT STOP HER PAIN OR RELEASE HER FROM HER FEAR, IF I COULD, I SURELY WOULD, MAKE IT ALL DISAPPEAR, FAITH IS SUCH A FRAGILE THING, IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR SIGHT, WHEN THINGS LOOK DIM, WE LOOK TO HIM, AND THINGS WORK OUT ALRIGHT, A PRAYER IS A WISH THE HEART MAKES, SENT TO GOD ABOVE, IT REKINDLES THE EMBERS OF OUR HOPE AND FILLS US WITH HIS LOVE, LETTERS THAT HAVE PASSED BETWEEN US, CAUGHT ME UNAWARE, OF WHAT CAN BE DONE, BY A SINGLE SOUL, SURROUNDED BY THOSE WHO CARE, WHAT AN INSPIRATIONAL FRIEND, KATHY HAS BEEN TO ME, HER STRENGTH IN HEART AND MIND IN SPITE OF BODY FRAILTY, SHE DOWNPLAYS WHAT SHE'S ACCOMPLISHED, THINKING SHE IS WEAK, IN REALITY, SHE'S EXHIBITED STRENGTH THAT I FOREVER SEEK, AS SHE CONTINUES THIS TUG-OF-WAR, LOVING, LAUGHING, LIVING, I HOPE SHE'S AWARE, OF A FRIEND OUT HERE, FINDING FAITH IN WHAT SHE'S GIVING.
Reason for writing:
A special friend provides inspiration to me with her courage and I wrote this to tell her how I felt. A slight modification was made to remove her name in this version.
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