The Last Noel

If the doctor gave you a month to live

Could you keep that to your self?

Could you swallow your fear for thirty days

And keep your secret stealth

"You could possibly make it through Christmas", he said

"If there's chemo in your veins"

So she silenty took the treatment, once more

And still she never complains

She'd been in remission for seven years

But again it started to grow

Her children knew that the cancer returned

But her secret, they didn't know

She would only tell her brother the news

And he swore he wouldn't tell

So Christmas finally came and went

But it was to be their last Noel

Then on the tenth day of January

She took her secret to her grave

After she died her children were told

Of this sacrifice she gave

She wanted this Christmas to be the best

A Christmas like no other

For she didn't want her kids to be sad

This woman was my mother

Reviews

[BlackRose]

WOW! Strong in some sense but nice how you it all flowed keeping one wanting to read more. And sorry about your mother.