Category: Living life with cancer!

I’m standing not in the middleBut nearer to finding out why I’m here!I feel the universe pulling me closer,To the answers that whisper near. It’s not fear that grips my heart,But a quiet, stirring anticipation,Of all the mysteries yet to […]

I have some sad news… recently, a beloved family member passed away! Although he was my younger first cousin by 11 years, we were raised together as brothers! We attended the same high school and I even worked for him […]

The twists and turnsof life are fateNo matter your plans,you’ll have your date. As children grow,they’ll fit the mold,Never knowing thatfreedom is gold. So they grow upand they will thinkThe dirt they dowould never stink. But life has waysto humble […]

I lost my dear cousin this week. His name is Lorne Cordell Dupree! We grew up as brothers! I wrote these next 2 poems to honor him! Peace and Blessings! Brothers in Spirit! We grew together,as brothers be,From elementary schoolto […]

This summer has been an extraordinary one for me! Honestly, when you’re in your tenth year of battling cancer, every single day feels like a gift. I’m taking part in the American Cancer Society’s Ride 300 Miles challenge this August […]

i get up early every morning to witness the sunrises. each one is different, full of new surprises. the world is still sleeping under a blanket of dark, yet the sky starts to whisper with the song of a lark. […]

yesterday marked nine years since my diagnosis of stage four lung cancer. nine years of fighting a battle the doctors said i couldn’t win. but i fight. every day, i wake up and fight. this has been my life for […]

in the quiet of my soul, a war unfolds, mind and body, two stories told. my mind whispers with a fervent plea, but my body hums a melody. “ignore the mind,” my body cries, “feel the truth beneath the skies. […]

in the garden of perpetuity,   where time unfolds perpetually,   there lies a hidden stream of perspicacity,   clear and bright in its perspicuity. endless are the days in this vast expanse,   where moments cascade, seamless, unending.   wisdom flows like water, crystalline,   […]

sometimes life is a winding road, a path with twists that fate bestowed. we strive, we dream, we seek the fair, but oft we find the burdens there. the sun may shine on distant lands, while shadows creep where we […]

so here i am doing a favor for a friend. okay, no big deal, it just entails me going out to queens to relieve a friend of another friend for a day or two babysitting a couple of yorkies(brother & […]

a weird incident happened to me last week in my favorite spot… washington square park! now in realize that i spend a lot of time there, sometimes with my friends and sometimes alone and i always enjoy myself either way! […]

i treated my life  and never even cared. i traveled all over, sometimes on a dare. i fought to be alone and hid my despair. i looked in the mirror, tried to find myself there. i believed in my head […]

sometimes i forget  to use my voice when it comes down to consequence of choice there’s no ill will of my place in life  i assume responsibility it cuts like a knife in times of silence when paths diverge choices […]