My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. After undergoing a double mastectomy, and a very difficult time with chemotherapy including a hospitalization with pneumonia I found myself deep in depression.
At a point in time during the chemotherapy we both were at the point of accepting she might not live and having to accept whatever the consequences were. It was so difficult. This poem was written by me at a very low point in my life when I just had to live on faith. I hope you enjoy.
Rose Upon A Wisp
Shall I cast your love with open hand
and let it catch the breeze?
Shall I turn my back upon your name
and fall upon my knees?
The wind shall lift your love ahigh
to take it where it blows,
and land it soft upon a cloud
to change into a rose.
To free you from your earthly bond
is to free you from your gloom.
Then I'll chance to view your love
transformed into a bloom.
Wonderful, Kim, that you could write like this, even at such a juncture of your life! Almost spiritual! Love you for this one!
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Beautiful,you. Really touchingly beautiful.
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