Within Me
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Last published Sat, Dec 26, 2015
My name is Alexa.
I'm 15 years old.
And cancer is within me.
Within my body,
but not my soul.
And it never will be in my soul.
I have a bucket list,
like lots of other people.
There's not much on it,
only a few things.
• swim with dolphins at midnight
• fall in love with someone cute
• beat cancer once and for all
And I will accomplish them.
Because within me is cancer.
But also determination.
I have a year (as the doctor told my mom) to fulfill my bucket list wishes.
And I'm going to do it.
Not tomorrow.
Not later in life.
But now.
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