30 Poems in 30 Days 2023: Fighting Within The Blood (Day 3)

When something within the blood changes
It can be hard to see, even though a microscope
Even when you have similar symptoms
It can’t be confirmed until a cut in the skin
Blood can be drawn, but it’s just not enough
Several cut samples might be needed
Until they can make their conclusions
Eventually it might be already really late
If only they had taken the symptoms as a sign
One cannot go back in time, or know for sure
Everyone is trying their best to find the cure
For now you have to accept the treatment
That will effect the good just as much as the bad
Only hope that time will go by fast
All will be resolved for survivorship
Because no matter how much you see it
Cancer isn’t always a life sentence
Especially if you have a blood cancer,
Like lymphoma, such as the poet,
As long as you keep fighting forward
You’ll learn you’re stronger, body and mind,
And realize more than you can imagine
By Christy V.
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