About strength of spirit and respectful care for those whose steps we follow.

I Won't Surrender

She lay so silent
A hidden strength radiating
From her pale, fragile frame,
Who was this person
This nameless soul
Who at one time, must have been "some dame",
Her body, weakened
Ravaged by some evil force
We call a cancer,
Her spirit raging
"I won't surrender"
She used to be a famous dancer,
With admiration
I go to her
She needs to be respected,
This light that shows us
How to live
Deserves to be protected,
When death shall come
To take this mighty
Woman to her rest,
Her memory lives
Within our hearts
She did her very best.

Fibril_late; 12/93