The first time I saw you,
I knew you were ready to take on the world.

The cancer might have affected everything else,
but it never really did touch your smile, did it?

And today you let go,
and the pain finally stopped.
I'll never understand why
people like you have to go so soon,

but you were an angel walking on earth,
and I realize that eventually,
you had to go home.

-k.w//sydney strong