And peace be with you.

Ever since the first mention of cancer, the single returning motif has been, "It will be all right. It already is."

My heart is filled with overwhelming peace
in spite of what the doctor's tests reveal;
a sense of love and caring will not cease.

For one whose life had been one of dis-ease,
where dreams died off, existence seemed unreal,
my heart is filled with overwhelming peace.

There's been no letting go, no caged release
of pent-up terror, prayers, nor appeals.
A sense of love and caring will not cease.

The demons fought for years have been appeased,
their hellish hounds no longer nip my heels.
My heart is filled with overwhelming peace.

Embraced by those whom I expected least;
misunderstandings cauterized and healed.
A sense of love and caring will not cease.

My chosen family, listen, if you please:
Concerned I am, but fear's not what I feel.
My heart is filled with overwhelming peace;
a sense of love and caring will not cease.

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~ i'm so sorry, monsieur jewel... my mum was recently treated for stage 3B cancer... but i'm also simultaneously inspired by your spirit... i am moved and overwhelmed... please take care of yourself... please... be as brave as you are... and please know that i adore you and will be hoping, wishing and praying... that this difficult phase does not harm you... it's gonna be painful to go through that treatment... but i read a poster in a chemo ward that said... "remember that cancer cannot get to your mind"... i can see that you are already protecting your infinitely poetic mind with infinitely poetic poetry... ~ thank you for letting us know...