Esmeralda

Death took me by the hand
as she often does
told me she wanted to take me
to a place
I had never been

But as fate would have it
she spotted a food truck
by the side of the road
and muttered to herself
" I love me some soul food."
and off she went

I took the opportunity
to escape her shadow
and headed
to the sacred place
to see the pharaoh shaman

He put me through the rituals

Afterwards
I rang the bell
like some holocaust Quasimodo...

I was cancer free
and I owed it all
to my Esmeralda

and yeah I cried too.