A No-makeup selfies campaign has generated over £2m windfall for cancer research.
I was nominated by a friend , but due to my arm length I can only capture my chest in a selfie which although relevant, is not appropriate so instead here is my poem, written for a great friend I lost to breast cancer.
My Mum had breast cancer twice and survived.
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Frayed Pink Ribbon
What
can I say when my old friend calls and says she is dying
I
try to be supportive but she can hear my silent crying
What
can I say when she says the cancers spread
I
look at her with love, at the wig upon her head
What
can I say when she is so selfless and so strong
She’s
only a young mother, the way of this is wrong
What
can I say when she tells me of her desire
Just
to see her children through the horrible teenage mire
What
can I say when the cancers at her throat
Pain
twisting round it, like the hangman with his rope
What
can I say when she shares her fear of leaving
Her
husband , her three children in their constant state of grieving
What
can I say when she is too ill to speak
She
tried to send a message, too late, she is too weak
What
will I say at the funeral of my friend
Bright
pink ribbons could not help to free you in the end
10/4/2010 – Sue Kent
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