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Cancer’s Bloom

Writer's picture: Surviving Breast CancerSurviving Breast Cancer

By Gina Capobianco



Growing from cancer.

I am not the person I was at diagnosis.

Cancer tried to take my life.

It made me sick.

Took me to the depths of a dark place,

But I emerged from the darkness.

Fought back against the cancer.

Like a flower growing from dark soil

I have bloomed.

I am a different person.

Stronger, more reflective.

Cancer’s poisonous grip did not strangle me.

I took root and grew.

My will to live fought cancer’s will to kill.

Now, I have a chance at life.

I see so many options.

New directions I can follow.

My roots grow strong in the dark soil.

A beautiful bloom replaces the darkness.

With each breath I grow stronger,

More resilient.

Ready to truly live for the first time in my life.

I have grown,