Never Tell Me I Can't

Changed the pic to something funny!

If you look upon my face,
you will never see a trace,
of the hell that consumes my health.

Through cancer and pain,
I still dance in the rain,
and my life is full of great wealth.

A doomed age of two,
I still breathe among you,
defying the odds quite unheard.

Withered hands and weak heart,
I refuse to depart,
till I've spoken the very last word.

Give meaning to chance,
I can sing and I dance,
With my angels you call my sons.

Never tell me I can't,
cause I'll rave and I'll rant,
Till I show you it can be done!

Author's Note

Written about my surviving cancer, having RA, CHF and the two children that I was told would never have. It isn't as powerful as some of my other stuff but it holds meaning to me anyhow.

Reviews

[Angela]

Amazing and inspiring! Very well written. What a strong person you are. It has served you well.

[Closed Account]

Powerful enough. Empowering to others as well.
Good on you.

[northern monkey]

Deeply beautiful. Sorry to hear of your cancer and pain. Your writing is inspirational to me, and to whoever reads it - a celebration of your truly powerful life force. Roll on your next piece star..............

[reminder]

Beautiful and inspiring. I like the sense of fight in your words. God bless.

[sarah]

Oh no you have cancer? I am so sorry that's terrible! this is an amazing poem

[E.H. Monroe]

thats what IM TALKING ABOUT. Nothing cute or overdone. Just a giant f**k you to greedy, s****y little cells and there will not be a going quietly anywhere!
f*****g a, this was that off the cuff, top flight I got something to say and i'm gonna say it.

Bravo lady

[Doreen]

YEAH! Sing it sister. I like the meaning in this. Defy that which says you can't. You have a strong voice and it means much in the face of everything you've had to fight for. Shout it out and be heard.

[Amanda Dawn Sanderson-G..]

Anything with real meaning as this has power my dear and you pulled on my heartstrings. God bless you and your fight! My mother fought off breast cancer seven years ago and she's still going strong... when she found out, I remember her falling to her knees and crying to me, in fear of leaving me behind. I taught my mother to be strong and to never worry... I taught her to dance in the rain and feel free... so this poem has more meanings than you could have imagined. Power, strong, and beautiful. Thank God for strong beings such as yourself and mother... whom continue to live on, long after the fight is over.

[Poetic Beauty]

This poem has a very strong story of a woman who survives and who loves her children with all her heart. Well told.

[melissa]

powerful and beautiful i loved it