Gone But Not Forgotten

I don't even remember the time we met, you and me

But it's somewhere around the time I entered puberty

You caused me much discomfort when you first came

That I often prayed you would not remain 

But you grew on me....literally!

We became best friends, me and you

There's nowhere I would go if you weren't going too

You helped me fit in where I'd otherwise not be accepted

And because of you all the guys I attracted......lustfully!

When I started my family you were my pride

You nurtured my children, and you would provide

You made me into the woman I was to become

The only friend I would trust with my man.....intimately!

Then today it all came to an end

No more will I be able to hold you again

This day I will remember until death

Cause life won't allow me to forget

Today I lost my best friend.....Tragically!

And now I am scarred, scarred for life 

I'm missing the very thing that made me a mother and a wife

Now, with every downward glance I see

An empty place next to my heart

                                   Where you used to be..... 

Written by Carmen Bailey "This poem was written in honor or all Breast Cancer Victims &Survivors and in  recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October, 2016"