THIS POEM IS DEDICATED TO MY PRIMA MELISSA DESANTIAGO...SHE HAS LEUKEMIA AND IS STILL TAKING CHEMO....SHE HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SO MUCH THAT SOMETIMES SHE GETS TIRED AND WANTS TO STOP FIGHTING BUT I WROTE THIS POEM TO SHOW HER SHE IS NOT A QUITTER AND SHE IS AN INSPIRATION TO HER SON AND FAMILY. SHE HAS SHOWN BRAVERY FOR ALL SHE HAS WENT THREW. PLEASE VOTE IF YOU HAVE TIME.
FROM DAY ONE YOU RACED TO START
DEVELOPING INSIDE AN EGG.
YOU STARTED TO GROW FOR THE NEXT
NINE MONTHS SO HEALTHY AND STRONG.
FROM DAY ONE YOU DECIDED TO BE BORN
YOU GASPED FOR AIR AND STARTED TO
BREATH ON YOUR OWN.
FROM DAY ONE YOU LEARNED TO CRAWL
AND GET TO PLACES YOU WEREN'T
SUPPOSE TO BE.
FROM DAY ONE YOU WERE DETERMINED
TO TAKE THAT FIRST STEP AND RISKED
THAT FALL YET GOT RIGHT BACK UP
AND LEARNED TO WALK.
FROM DAY ONE YOU STARTED TO TRY
AND TALK NOT GIVING UP TIL YOU WERE
ABLE TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT.
FROM DAY ONE YOU STARTED TO GO
TO SCHOOL IT WAS ALL SO NEW YET YOU
HANDLED IT LIKE THE STRONG PERSON YOU
ARE AND EVEN MADE FRIENDS.
FROM DAY ONE WHEN YOU BECAME A
YOUNG LADY YOU HAD YOUR FIRST BOYFRIEND
ONLY TO BREAK YOUR HEART BUT REGARDLESS
YOU KEPT YOUR HEAD HIGH AND PUSHED FORWARD
FOR LIGHT IS IN YOUR LIFE.
FROM DAY ONE YOU HAD CONCEIVED
YOU WERE SCARED BUT FACED
IT HEAD ON BECAUSE YOU KNEW IT
HAD TO HAVE BEEN FATE.
FROM DAY ONE YOU HAD
FELT WEAK YET YOU FACED
ANOTHER DAY.
FROM DAY ONE YOU GAVE BIRTH TO A BOY
AND WHEN YOU LOOKED INTO HIS EYES
YOU KNEW THAT IT HAS BEEN MEANT FOR YOU
TO STAY.
FROM DAY ONE YOU TRAVELED
BACK AND FORTH GETTING SICK
YET STILL LIVING DAY BY DAY.
FROM DAY ONE YOU SOMETIMES
FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T HANDLE NO MORE
WHEN DEEP DOWN YOU WON'T FALL DOWN
CAUSE SOMETHING INSIDE TELLS YOU
YOUR STRONG NOT WEAK.
FROM DAY ONE IT GETS HARDER OR SO YOU FEEL,
BUT REGARDLESS YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
ARE HERE TO HELP AND MAKE SURE YOU
CONTINUE TO TAKE EACH WHOLE NEW STEP
AND NOT GIVE UP.
FROM DAY ONE WE ALL REMAIN
BY YOUR SIDE SO WHEN YOU START TO FALL
WE WILL BE THERE TO PICK YOU UP AND
HELP YOU REMEMBER THE STRONG GIRL
WHO DOESN'T GIVE UP A FIGHT.
FROM DAY ONE WE WERE PUT
INTO EACH OTHERS LIVES TO PUSH,
SHOVE, KISS, HUG, LOVE AND
TAKE THE PAIN TOGETHER EACH AND
EVERYDAY OF OUR LIFE.
FROM DAY ONE IT IS YOUR STRONG BODY
AND HEART THAT INSPIRES US TO NEVER
GIVE UP AND PUSH FORWARD WITH ALL
OUR MIGHT.
FROM DAY ONE IT'S YOU THAT WILL MAKE
US REMEMBER THE WAR YOU WENT THREW
YET YOU HAVE MADE IT THREW WITH
COURAGE AND STRENGTH AND WITH THAT IN
THE END YOU WILL HAVE BEEN REWARDED.
REWARDED WITH HONOR, STRENGTH, COURAGE,
LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS.
FOR THE FIGHT YOU HAVE GIVEN AND DIDN'T
GIVE UP ON BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH TO
LIVE FOR AND THAT'S THE FAMILY AND THE
ONES WHO LOVE YOU.
FOR YOUR SON WHO LOOKS UP TO YOU.
FOR BEING THE PERSON YOU ARE SHOWING
US HOW TO BE BRAVE AND NOT LET ANYTHING
TAKE US DOWN.
FOR REGARDLESS OF HOW BAD THE SITUATION
GETS, IT CAN BE DEFEATED ALL IT TAKES IS
FAITH. TO FIGHT NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS
BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT WE CAN DEFEAT
IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHOWN US WHAT IT IS
TO BE BRAVE AND FOR THAT YOUR SON NOW
HAS A HERO...........
BECAUSE YOU SAVED HIS LIFE....
YOU SAVED HIS LIFE WHEN YOU REMEMBERED...
YOU ARE HIS LIFE.
