With my chin against my fist
Watching Mother Nature and
The beauty I have missed
Since summer I've been busy
My head bowed low in fear
Breast cancer and its treatments
Are like fighting with a bear
The danger and the pain
When you get a swat or bite
Then praying for survival
With this rival full of might
Two biopsies, three surgeries
Plus chemotherapy
Dissections and infections
Then balding vanity
Next comes radiation
Will my skin survive or burn?
This is information that I
Wish I did not learn
Come Summer I'll have
Hair again
My independence too
I'll greet our Mother Nature
With vitality anew
The future is uncertain
I know this more than ever
I never will forget this strife
I'll be my best forever
