Dear Leukemia

Dear Cancer, If I could ask you one question, it would be a single word: why? Why did you storm into my life four years ago? Do you even know the darkness you brought? The way you made my heart tremble, my body ache, my mind scream for peace.

What the Fire Left Behind

You arrived like smoke under the door.

At first, I didn’t notice.

Just the soft shift in light,

the sudden weight in my chest.

Darkest Hours

A year away in California, a dream unfolding
Training, motivated, hungry for College
In the best shape of my life, smiling and at peace
Life crashes down, sickness strikes at twenty