Striving On lyrics

To Karen whom I fear no longer lives

I did not know her well

A fellow student of university

Pushing onward, striving on

She had Hodgkin's Disease

Severity from one to four

Her condition, a three

She kept going, striving on

Her hair was falling out

But it was not obviously so

Thinned out, but not balding

Her sincere smile shadowed it

She had suture scars on her neck

And from her sternum to her pelvis

Another on her other hip

Remnants of suffering, striving on

Exploritory surgeries coming

Chemotherapy to start in

She told me she felt so bad

Like dying, yet striving on

Still she joked about a bikini

Worried about her looks

Beauty remains a woman's pride

Laughing and smiling, striving on

If by chance her time is over

"Don't forget me, I do remember you"

Serenely she may struggle no more

"I am coming too!", still striving on

• Artist:Ww Ww