It has no face

until it infects someone you know.

Then forever after when it is mentioned

you see that face

the lost hope mirrored in their eyes,

while even still they try to fight.

But it will, inevitably, take them,

bringing them to a place where

you cannot talk to them or see them

forced to rely on memory.

Cancer is a thief

that will never be caught.

But what about survivors?

All those that overcame?

They did not succumb,

they fought and struggled and won,

knowing the deadly consequence

that came with losing.

They live to tell their story,

they speak for those passed on.

In survivors you will find

the spirits of the stolen.

FIGHT CANCER!