She was 25 or so
and sitting in the cancer ward.
No telling if the cancer she had
was going to kill her.
Imagine being in your twenties
and having cancer
and in the back of your mind
having to wonder
if you were going to live or die.
I heard her tell an older woman
that she had a new boyfriend.
I hoped to God she was going
to live long enough
for that relationship to blossom.
Bob Boyd