Frayed Pink Ribbon - Breast Cancer Ribbon

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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@ http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/