Awareness

By Brookshire McDonald

Surviving breast cancer.org has enabled us

To become friends really fast.

My hope is that all our friendships

Will last and last.

Our boobs have brought us together

As our stories we do share

Over states and even countries

We come from almost everywhere.

Boobs of ours

Measured A,B,C,orD;

And one of you even claimed

To have been a G!

Plastic surgeons try to match them up

The best they can do.

Mine don’t match at all;

I don’t know about you.

With breast cancer diagnosis

Many options come your way-

Lumpectomy, mastectomy, reconstruction, tattoos

Or flat to stay.

Having fallen from a ladder

My journey did endure

Three leg surgeries, a blood clot, then two primary breast cancers

And many prayers for sure.

I admire each of you

As through breast cancer you go.

Your struggles, courage, and strengths

Really do show.

On top of that road

You are traveling today

COVID-19 has thrown

A wrench into play.

Dealing with just one issue

Was a master feat.

Each of you now

Has additional obstacles to beat.

I can laugh with you,

And I can cry with you,

But I can’t really imagine

All you’re going through.

As you travel this journey-

Not a choice you did choose,

You are reaffirming my faith

That I didn’t lose.

You awakened my awareness'

Of how blessed I have been;

And to have you as my cancer sisters

Has introduced a special kin.

You may not realize it

As your journey you do fight,

But each positive gesture of yours

Brings to someone a promising light.