With an attitude and a pose that drips with defiance
Lupus is the middle school sister of Cancer
Still undeveloped, she folds her arms and rolls her eyes
she scoffs at rules and bullies her classmates
she bears her midriff and decorates herself in the pain of her host
She is not dangerous but a full on threat
She doesn't look up to either of her parents, Life and Death
but lovingly admires her elder sister Cancer
Cancer is dark and gloomy, she is unpredictable and unkind
She laughs at Life and stares knowingly at death
She has decorated herself in the pain of her host, bathes in the tears
of humanity and is tattooed with the certainty of uncertainty
She is beauty and curiosity like her mother, Life
and tragedy and heartbreak like her Father, Death
Oh how, she makes her family dance as she composes her own symphony
She and lupus sway in the genre of Fear
And I am swaying with them