It may seem like you have control of my life right now, but you really don’t.

Your presence only makes me stronger, braver, kinder & wiser.

I choose how I think, what I speak & how I love.

You will never be able to touch those things. Never.

The fear of your name no longer haunts my soul because I know that my soul belong to me & God.

You may take your claim on this outer shell of mine, but never on this divine spirit that cries out, “I am not my body”.

My soul will run, leap & tower over your attempts to pull me down into despair.

Those who surround me will fight with me to let it be known that we will not surrender.

Our hearts & souls are tied together in a lasting bond that amount of your impeding growth can break.

You see cancer, you do not own me.

I own myself.

& I will survive.