“It Starts with a Tumor.”
-Zahra Fatima
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1 min readJan 3, 2014
It’s a timeless creature called disease little Ana,
It starts with a tumor.
I am aging, and these scars ravage my body.
It starts with a tumor.
We ordered a chocolate cake with whipped cream and cherries.
Ana was almost five.
Mary-Beth had been a victim four years ago,
It starts with a tumor.
Ana is married now with two little children.
How did you grow so fast?
She lost Mary-Beth, and now I must go because,
It starts with a tumor.
It’s a cold winter, the machines keep beeping.
Ana is by my side.
C’est la vie, you’ll see me again one day Ana.
It starts with a tumor.
