Everyone could spend one lunch hour a week
The way I spent mine today.
All I did
Was visit a teacher…
A teacher home ill.
The other part of me
Is mad,
Confused and hurt,
The way one always is
When they’ve encountered suffering
Such as I did today.
My aunt had cancer.
My cousin had cancer a few years before.
She just went to a few radiation treatments,
And life went on as normal,
She was fine.
I thought
That was how it would be
With my favorite aunt, too.
So when I heard about the appointments,
I just wished her well.
When there were more and more,
I began to pray.
But when I started to hear stories,
Of just how rough things were,
And when phone calls were made
With weeping to be heard,
When they encouraged me to go see her,
I refused.
Age 16