Copyright © 2001, The Author

"We'll have to wait and see" they say

as the wheels grind slowly on

get up and go to work today

Chin up and move along

don't think about what just might be

or run and hide your eyes

Just mozie on like all is well

no monster on the rise

Don't bog your mind with Fears and facts

and stories that abound

It's probably just a minor thing

a bug that's going round

So toddle on jazz up your step

What ever you may feel

Don't wrap your life around the fear

that god this could be real

Well those who've gone before us know

That all those thoughts are Kind

But they don't keep you comforted

Or ease your worried Mind

Neither do they lay out maps

for things that lay ahead

They simply make you feel unheard

for all the things you've said

What if it is The big "C" word

and all that that entails

How will I tell my family

How can I bear their wails

What if after all these times I've swore

that I am tough

I have to face this ugly beast

and I don't have enough

What if the beast has raced ahead

long fore I ever knew

How can I run to catch him up

I'll try to, wouldn't you

What will this do to me and us

How will my loved ones cope

How will this affect my job

My god the endless scope!

The questions never quiet

The answers Never there

Your mind an endless rabble

your heart just strains to bear

But on you go with work "n"all

with hope that beats a drum

reciting all the well worn facts

The "Beast" gets only some

For those who've gone before us

and know this beast so well

We "doff" our hats in tribute

and salute your Victory yell

And for the ones This beast

has claimed,

their banners we shall carry

for all the others it has maimed

your story's on the "tally"

So on we go into the fight

with ever growing strength

taking with us every one

The entire Breadth and Length

The ones who fought so bravely

and lived to tell the tale

the ones we lost in battle

who's names we'll always Hail

The ones whose journey has been long

but still they soldier on

and all the ones who's first few steps

have already been and gone

For all the folks who walk this road

with courage grace and will

We've gathered here around you

The beast to help you kill

We will not stand here idly by

and watch you fight alone

we'll stand beside you one by one

until our army's grown

For soon it will be big enough

to slay the Cancer Beast

and on that day we'll gather round

and toast it with a feast

We'll raise a glass to one and all

and know that we've done well

A toast to all our comrades

those standing and those felled

And this to all our Fearing friends

we wish you weren't here

but don't you get discouraged

or tangled in your fear

For see how big our army is

and how we're marching on

take hope in all you see in us

for our battle will be won

So if your told to wait and see

and are loathe to hear that phrase

Just know that you are not alone

in these seemingly endless days

For we are here and here we'll stay

until the fight is through

don't slow your step or lower your chin

we're fighting here for you

get up and go to work today

and lay your fears to rest

Your on a well worn road my friend

your fighting with the best

And if pray god, Luck shines on you

and all the tests are clear

Look back behind you one more time

For we are all still here

and as with every army

every soldier has a place

won't you stand beside us

and Join us in this race

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