Jubilee, Interrupted

Last year

In anticipation of this year

I was blissfully unaware

Planning with certainty for an upcoming Year of Jubilee.

Last year

In anticipation of this year

I was blissfully unaware

Of the ominous changes lurking in the outskirts of my world.

Last year

In anticipation of this year

I was blissfully unaware

Of the malevolent tentacles silently strangling Mom.

This year

She celebrated 70 years

We were blissfully unaware

And together we made merry by candlelight with food and laughs.

This year

I was looking forward to Easter

And was blissfully unaware

Thinking the disappointment of pneumonia was just that – not more.

This year

In the blink of an eye it all changed

Unawareness became stunned shock

The PET scan revealed the Invader had overtaken her lung.

This year

Blissful unawareness was shattered

Struck and consumed by the evil

Invader known as Stage IV lung/liver/lymph node cancer NO! NO!

Can the Year of Jubilee survive?