Death Defiance Poem by Blanche Hardin

What I tell you is the truth;
And the truth that I claim,
is something I wish not to cover with fear and shame.
Yet I fear it so greatly and hate that I do,
Its something somewhat common to people like me and can be to people like you.
Though the times that it fights against my well being and threatens me with fear,
Even as it grows each and every year.
I now stand opposing and defy it in its most common phase,
This defiance versus death lets me laugh in its face.