the helpless child

Small curly haired
Brown eyed girl
Screaming
Naive to the world
There’s No stopping her

Countless medical visits
Remembrance
Cold floors
The bright yellow rooms lined
With animal alphabet trim
Metal scales and sinks

Scared of the dark canvas ahead of her
She lies on the cold table
With a weight
Lying on top of her
Sunglasses
She stays still
A big
Flash

A seven pound tumor
Appears
Excruciating thoughts
Pain

Apologies to the family
Worried mommy and daddy
Tears fill their eyes

Her sister
Understands yet is helpless
Countless dreams
Slipping away

Scars overpower her smiles
The child "stronger" than she seems

As she grows
So does her anger

She wonders "why me?"

She's no longer that fighter
Weakness overpowers her strength

We wonder what happened to her

Who is she?

She lets life's losses overcome happiness