MY HERO POEM

My little sister, Ella is growing up too fast, she's 12 going on 16. She recently started secondary school and as part of a homework task, she had to complete a project about her hero. She decided to do it on me..bless her!

 For a part of the project she had to write a poem, with little help from my Nan she created a poem that brought me to tears so I thought I would share it with you!

I HAVE AN OLDER SISTER

HER NAMES ELISHA SEARL

SHE WAS ALWAYS FULL OF LIFE 

A BUBBLY HAPPY GIRL

UNTIL THAT SCARY MORNING

WHEN THE DOCTOR CALLED TO SAY

'I'M AFRAID YOU HAVE LEUKAEMIA'

GO TO THE HOSPITAL STRAIGHT AWAY 

OUR FAMILY WAS DEVASTATED 

OUR WORLD JUST FELL APART 

THIS HAPPENS TO OTHER PEOPLE 

NOT SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOUR HEART 

ALTHOUGH WE USED TO ARGUE

AND CALL EACH OTHER NAMES 

I WISH THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED

LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

AND SO OUR JOURNEY STARTED OFF

CHEMO AND LOOSING HER HAIR 

RADIOTHERAPY AND SICKNESS 

LIFE ISN'T REALLY FAIR

MY BROTHER WHO'S CALLED KIERAN

HE'S USELESS AT MOST THINGS

WAS A MATCH FOR ELISHA

AND GAVE HER HIS STEM CELL THINGS

SHE STARTED TO RECOVER 

BUT STILL GETS TIRED QUICK

SHE'S GOT INVOLVED WITH A CHARITY

IT'S NAME, I THINK IS CLIC

AND NOW SHE'S FEELING BETTER 

HER TIME SHE GIVES TO THEM 

RAISING MONEY AND AWARENESS

FOR CHILDREN WITH THE SAME 

SO NOW WE LAUGH AT CANCER 

AND STARE IT IN THE FACE 

ELISHA IS MY HERO 

SOMEONE I CAN'T REPLACE 

FOR ALL THAT SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH 

HEARTACHE TEARS AND PAIN 

WE ALL HAVE CAME OUT SMILING

MY HERO'S BACK AGAIN

SHE WRITES A BLOG ONLINE 

I SOMETIMES READ AT NIGHT 

IT'S CALLED A SPOONFULL OF SUGAR 

GIVING OTHERS HOPE TO FIGHT

BY ELLA ROSE SEARL