A/N: I wrote this poem about Dad, because he has and has had cancer for the past 18 years and I'm more scared than words can say that I'll lose him. *shivers* This is a combination poem/prayer...I always seem to tend up talking to God in my poetry. *grin* So anyway, without further ado, here is Fear:

There is such a fear within
That I will lose one of my kin.
Father, I love Dad so very much--
I'm so afraid I'll lose him to a bone marrow transplant and such.
Oh, my Father, I'm so afraid,
And I cannot do this without Your aid.
So Father, come, soothe my heart--
Please, if it must happen, then start
Preparing me, for I'm so scared,
And more than anything will need Your care.
Please let remission come, and if it can't,
Don't make his chance for survival scant.
I love him more than I can say,
And I'm afraid both night and day.
I can't help but wonder, "Will this be
My last few months to love and see
Him, my father in all but name?"
I know my life could never be the same.
Don't take him from me, please, not yet--
He has so much to do, if You'll just him let.

So, here it is. One of my most emotional poems, with good reason. It's not one of my better poems in regards to rhyme and rhythm, but it conveys what I feel fairly accurately. In case you can't tell, I wrote it crying. Naturally. So...erm...review!