Friday, October 14, 2016

For Beth


 

I am thinking about a friend who is sad
And not just because of her illness
It has spread to her lungs and that is bad
Confusion disturbing her stillness
 
Isn’t cancer enough to have on your plate
Without cruel words from a brother
A family feud bursts to full spate
One person feels not for the other
 
As disease continues its spiteful invasion
Brave woman don’t lessen your fight
Family tip the balance of an equation
Yet still she battles with all her might
 
As medical words become more solemn
Deliberate betrayal is family treason
Unfathomable thoughts a spiteful column
Misguided behaviour way beyond reason
 
I pray that my friend has will to stay strong
Unkindness must mark the unkindly
Forgiveness is purity against this wrong
From shameful words spoken so blindly
 
 
 

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