On the surface this poem is about a child, named Nick, whose mom died of cancer, when he was 12. This is partly what the poem is about, but it is also the struggle of cancer that has taken so many lives already. It deals with the question that so many of us deal with in our day to day life: What happens to our loved ones when they die? It also asks the question: Does any death come too soon or does someone choose what happens in our lives? I wrote this poem while my little brother was at his best friend’s mom’s funeral. I hope that my poem gives us, and people going through this situation, hope to keep going.