Why I fight
Days like these are beautiful to me
Showing us the loving souls
Fighting the same fight
And being able to feel the love connecting each of our hearts
Through the colorful ribbons of the cancer we fight
As I stand here before you,
I want to share my why
Why I fight for each of you
I fight for the blue ribbon man
The one who’s too sick from the chemotherapy
To see his grandson play his first tee ball game
I fight for the pink ribbon woman
The one who stares in the mirror and questions her beauty
Even though she does not see the beauty beneath her scars
I fight for the white ribbon man
The one who wants to laugh with his friends
But his lungs refuse to fill with the air of happiness around him
And leave him winded, gasping for breath
I fight for the teal ribbon woman
The one who dreams of being called Mom
But her ovaries are fighting to take her life
Instead of make one.
I fight for the orange ribbon man
The one who wants to walk his daughter down the aisle
Towards the only other man who will love her
As much as he does
I fight for the violet ribbon girl
The one who hold her hair in her hands and wonders how she’ll do her hair for prom
When she has none on her head
I fight for the gold ribbon child
The one who finds the strength of no other and looks at Mom and dad saying,
I don’t wanna fight anymore
That is why I fight
This is my why
This is why I’m here
Today is a day we celebrate the lives we fight for and the lives that have been ever changed by cancer
Today we fight and walk with each other, using our strength to build up one another
The fight doesn’t end when you finish the race, the race doesn’t end today.
Each day is a new battle, another reach in the mountain high climb
That’s why I keep fighting, one mile at a time