Beautiful

PO Box 9286, Santa Fe, NM 87504

​​​505-982-4183

I AM BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE CANCER COULD NOT BREAK MY SPIRIT,


SCARS COULD NOT MUTILATE MY BODY,


LOSS COULD NOT DIMINISH MY JOY,


FEAR COULD NOT PREVENT ME FROM BEING IN LOVE.



I AM BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE MORPHINE COULD NOT ERASE MY GOOD MEMORIES,


PAIN COULD NOT HAMPER MY ACTIVITIES,


TOMOXIFEN COULD NOT DRY UP MY JUICES


AND A 50/50 CHANCE FOR SURVIVAL COULD NOT PREOCCUPY MY MIND.



I AM BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE I REMEMBER


THAT THE TIME OF DEATH IS UNCERTAIN


AND IN THAT KNOWLEDGE THE DUALITY OF HOPE AND FEAR CEASES TO EXIST.