Please don’t feel that your tears make you weak

Or that sharing your fears make you less

Know, dear one, that true bravery is found

In the ability to share those honest and true emotions

And to give each sentiment its due

To deny they exist, or hold them at bay

Would be the only cowardice

So much bravery shrouds your persona

And true valor you demonstrate each day you do battle

With this cancer who has dared

Raise its ugly head, in the presence of one so true

You hold your noble self tall

And with great dignity you carry on

Showing virtue and honor true

I must say to you I am honored

That you have shared with my humble self

A bit of your fears and some of your tears

As your battles ebb and flow

With my great confusion of all that just is

I am there with you in spirit,

Can you feel me, I’m holding your hand