They Didn'T Want Her To Feel Afraid Poem by Mimie Durand

Soon after Thanksgiving Day
She felt sick; something was awry,
She had bruises on her arms
They continued down her thighs.

Her body felt warm, her hands were cold
Feverishly, she asked for water,
Her family were worried; their hearts broken
About the fate of their only daughter.

They rushed her to the doctor that day
Then to the hospital they were sent quickly,
The nurses wheeled her to the lab
They could see she was weak and sickly.

It took awhile for the diagnosis,
They found cancer in her bones,
It was Leukemia they said
She would not be going home.

The Leukemia killed her good cells,
Her energy it had taken,
She was always a happy, healthy girl
They prayed to God they were mistaken.

The medications made her weak
She was nauseated and appalled,
That she was losing some of her hair now
She knew that soon she’d be bald.

Their daughter is now sixteen years old
At the hospital her family has stayed,
She was not left alone for a moment
They didn’t want her to feel afraid.