You're A Hero

 

You're A Hero

© by Bud Lemire on May 16, 2021

You're a hero, every day you must fight

When darkness comes, you must reach for the light

With odds against you, you cling to your life

Even after surgeries, sliced everywhere with a knife

Always alert, not a moment of peace here

The future is unknown, and there's always the fear

It's a big pill to swallow, a small camera is there

Inside your body, snapping pictures to share

You keep on wondering, what will they find

Hopefully nothing, is what comes to your mind

“How much more of this can I take?”

“I ask for relief, in return I just ache”

You are a warrior, out in the field

A hero, who wonders, what will it yield

“So many passed, from what I'm going through”

“Why am I still here, fighting like I do?”

There's no easy answer, to the question you ask

It's even harder, when you must complete the task

Release the tears, because you're a hero

Giving 100%, even when you feel like a zero

There are heroes out there every day, who are

fighting off life threatening diseases. Every

day, they have to fight pain, and tests, and

the fear that they could pass at any time.

These people, who are weak from all their

tests they have to go through. Yet, still have

a smile to share with us. They still have a

laugh to laugh with us. Despite all they've

been through. These people are the true

HEROES.