Annie

She is a six-year-old bundle of joy
and is absolutely precious
she has blonde hair, blue eyes, and
a beautiful toothless grin
she has a laugh to make every
song bird jealous
and a personality
that really could melt a heart of
stone.
she has the touch of an angel
and a peace about her that could
calm any storm and end any war
She has the wisdom of a monarch
and the sensibility of one well beyond
her years.
She also has cancer
and a story that could bring
a calloused man to tears
She has scars from sixteen surgeries
and enough pain-filled moments
to literally fill books
Her life will never be normal
and her body will never be healed
she will never get those organs back
nor the years where she should have
been a small child.
It seems that life has given her
a death sentence,
a punishment for being almost perfect
But God is still holding her fragile life
And she knows that He
is not finished with her yet
He gave her the boldness of a warrior
and the courage of a martyr
and He won't leave her side
as she now faces the biggest struggle
of her life
a journey that will
give her another opportunity
to be every doctors'
favorite patient.