"Leukemia Monsters"

by Courtney Kelly

© 2003

Helpless and useless
beside you I stand;
watching circles grow
underneath young eyes.
Your smooth baby skin
turns gray with poison,

'Courtney, I have cancer.'
all I can do is cry
'Courtney, I have cancer.'
I can't even try.

I watch your every move
as if its your very last
Will you live, or will you die?
Will I smile, or will I break?

'Courtney, I have cancer'
how can you accept it?
'Courtney, I have cancer'
how can I??

My brother, my boo -
I could sooth your colic
when no one else could
I could make you laugh
with a mere sneeze
I taught you to ask 'why'
to question your world
I could scare the monsters away
that hid underneath your bed...

My brother, my boo...
...I'm sorry...
I cannot scare the cancer away...