Who Gets Cancer?
By Claire
An interpretation of the novel
"A Time For Dancing"
By Davida Wills Hurwin
People who smoke all their lives
People who don't check their breasts
People in other countries
People in other states
People in other towns
People in other schools
But not my One and Only
Not a young girl
Who has so much to learn
Not a young girl
Who has so much to achieve
Not a young girl
Who has her whole life ahead
Not a young girl
Who did nothing to deserve
Not a young girl
Only sixteen years old
Not a young girl
A beautiful dancer
Not a young girl
Stardom bound
Not my best friend
My other self
Not my best friend
My One and Only
Why cancer
Treated only with poisons
Why cancer
With the power to kill
Why cancer
With no known cure
Why cancer
This long solo journey
Why cancer
What I cannot endure
Why cancer
A path I cannot walk
How can it be real
How can it be true
How can it be happening
To you my One and Only
Why didn't the world stop
Why didn't the nurses pause
Why didn't babies cease to cry
Why didn't traffic stop and notice
My One and Only's life has changed
She will live through her solo journey
She will survive the lone dark path
I have no doubt in mind
That she will find
She will get better
She will live on
Our love for each other
Will help carry her on
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