Love Poem: Resilient One
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Written by: Kenneth Cheney

Resilient One

Danced with death at age of five;
Her Daddy dead on morning drive;
Wrapped his Mustang round old oak tree;
She cried, she cried; then she survived:

Flirted with demons in her teens;
Smoking and drinking most seen memes;
Her life in constant overdrive;
She strove, she strove; grandiose her dreams:

Teetering on edge of control;
She met a man who made her whole;
They now danced to triumphant tune;
As soon she earned a mother’s role;

With ambitious undertakings;
Fairytale life she was making;
Her world was turned upside down;
On night their son would not awaken:


Second dance with death left her scarred;
Wounds so deep; her future they marred;
Depression a formidable foe; 
From joy she felt forever barred:

Faith the last weapon she could bare;
Sustained by hours and hours of prayers;
Like Phoenix rising from the ash;
She shunned the valley of despair:

On life flew, with great hope renewed;
Faster, faster, no time for review;
Till cancer came and crashed the bash;
Another Devil she’d have to slew:

I’ll dance not with thee; death you’re done;
The battle engaged; the war won;
Love the great force that drove her on;
Long live she; the resilient one!