My senior year begins,

but how am I to enjoy it?

I take advance placement classes,

she takes MRIs.

I plan meetings at lunch,

people plan visits with her at the hospital.

I dread waking up for school,

she dreads waking up for chemo.

I worry about my future,

she wonders if hers is ending.

I’m battling difficult courses,

My grandmother is battling cancer.

The heartbreak taking hold of my family

isn’t healing fast enough.