Cancer

Cancer:

I equate that word with anger.
It’s cruel and vengeful.
It’s unfair and unjust.

It’s not polite, and it doesn’t ask for permission.
It doesn’t wait, and it often doesn’t warn.

It doesn’t knock, it breaks in.
It doesn’t borrow, it steals.

It’s an intruder with vicious intent.
It doesn’t care who it affects or who it destroys.

It’s invasive and merciless.
It’s painful and vile.

But cancer is not God.
There is something it cannot touch,
something it cannot reach.
It cannot rob you of your faith.

It’s powerful, but never sovereign.
It doesn’t get the final word.

God always does.