Light From Within (For Lorna)
my friend, cancer got you
DAMN IT: you had it beat
for seven years
at least.

how did it come back?
Why
all that pain. Again.

(every survivor's worst
failure.)

And you, a winner, a fighter:
you fought me over and over
with tears and words and promises.

you fought for me
with honesty and a light so bright
it hurts my heart.

sweet Lorna.
at peace now
finally
no more battles,
no more fears:
just lingering light
from within.

11/3/99