"This doesn't mean you're dead,
it just means the cancer has spread."
She stood in the silent room,
after hearing the news of her doom.
The tests had come back in the red,
no matter the way they were read.
She fought the disease with all her might,
kept up her faith even in the dark of the night.
A month goes by and it's time for another test,
she sits holding her knees close to her chest.
She can't believe the words that she hears,
as she listens through the glistening tears.
"This doesn't mean you're dead,
simply means that the cancer has spread."