(A tribute to the courage and determination of Terry Fox) <br /> <br /> <br />Run Terry, run! Run Terry, run! – <br />Down the lone highway `til the long trek is done. <br />Drag that leg onward. Pain, you endure. <br />Drag that leg onward to find cancer’s cure. <br /> <br />Run for the cause, not for glory or fame. <br />Run for an end to all cancer-caused pain. <br />Run Terry, run! Run for the cure. <br />Run for a miracle. Make one occur. <br /> <br />Run down the long highway, around Georgian Bay, <br />Then on to the Lakehead - two thirds of the way. <br />This trek you’re attempting is no easy task - <br />A marathon each day! We just pray you can last. <br /> <br />But hope turns to fear as you fall very ill. <br />The cheers now subside. We stand silent; dead still. <br />There’s pain in your chest and it’s not from a cold. <br />Your cancer’s returned with its life-ending hold. <br /> <br />Now, no crowds line the roadways. The cancer has won. <br />It has claimed our young hero whose trek wasn’t done. <br />He was trying to prove himself worthy of life, <br />And has shamed us all by his own sacrifice. <br /> <br />So, we’ve picked up the torch across the world wide <br />And now run for the cause. But, close by our side, <br />We sense there’s a ‘presence’, a telling ‘odd gait’ <br />And we know it’s our hero, our Canadian great. <br /> <br />So, run Terry, run! Run for the cure. <br />With you by our side we will find it for sure.<br /><br />Lone Dog<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/run-terry-run/
