Calmly listening to the news,
An alarm sounds inside my brain.
No place to hide the words,
Cannot suppress the emotions.
Ethereal waves of uncertainty
Rest upon my heart.
Cannot process fast enough,
And absorb the reasons why.
Now it stuns me, frozen in time!
Concern for my friend,
Enduring this sentence.
Roar like thunder!
Coping feels like knots
Along my spine.
Nodding to everyone---
Cancer accepted.
End is near.
Rest my head.
Stop the pain.
Together we grieve
Our friend above.
Praying for peace of the heart we loved.