Cancer

For Roozie.

3 times you fought.
And despite what we thought
You won. Each time.
But cancer is like a land mine.
It goes off when you least expect it to explode
like after you showed
signs of improvement.

So on its 4th attack
you could not bounce back.
Each battle wore you out more
leaving your body and mind in pain, and sore.
So you took your last breath
to finally accept death
and begin your final rest.

I do not know now where you are
but know that you are never far
from the love in our hearts or thoughts in our minds.
So for a while we will draw the blinds
and cry out our love as we miss you.
But we will rise with the morning dew
as we hope you have, too.


Rest in peace buddy. Take your ever present smile up to heaven with you.

10/21/15