10 Feet Taller
In the warmth of her arms, I was safe
Her words with their reassuring ways.
Until oceans rose with suffocating waves
Rained down with the scary truth of today.
Nothing will ever feel right anymore
With doctors coming in like revolving doors
Saying big words like chemo and tumors
Meanwhile my heart grew sore
Nothing will ever feel same
Because mama has a cancer to maim.
With her breath too shallow and tight
She says, “I’ll be alright.”
My heart grew heavy like an iron ball
But I grew a whole 10 feet taller that Fall
This poem is about:
Me
My family