“I’m gonna die”
The tear in my mother’s eye
Was enough
For my mind to start writing my will
Was convincing
Me that living would soon be done
In a month or two
“I can scream, I can cry
but that won’t change nothing”
Wondered by my own leap
To that conclusion
Shocked by the suddenly short
Life expectation of an 11-year old
Holding on to the pavement
Delaying the point
Of no return to a careless life
This is a moment in my life that I will never forget. The moment that the tears in my mothers eyes convinced me that I was terminally ill. Shortly hereafter I decided I didn't want to die and would fight the cancer (that I didn't now existed at this moment). Luckily, I succeeded. :)