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James Moledor (Class of 2028) is pursuing a major in Musical Theatre.
I am a survivor of childhood cancer. It is so easy to want to move on and never look back, but it is impossible to do nothing. Having experienced what I have, how could anyone, in good conscience, leave behind those who are still struggling and in pain?
I didn’t die
I’ve been given the gift of life
While so many others still are lost
How can I sit here and do nothing?
Many other before me fought
Just so I could be alive
Many prayers have been uttered just for me
How can I sit here and do nothing?
It is easier to forget
It is easier to simply laugh and move on
I’m done, right? It’s over, right? But
How can I sit here and do nothing?
It’s strange being back in a place
Where I am forced to remember
Where I must see these people in their pain
How can I sit here and do nothing?
Standing before me are multitudes
Whose faces are pained with grief over those they’ve lost
One man has lost both his son and his nephew
How can I sit here and do nothing?
These people who have lost the greatest thing
Still somehow have hope for the future
They continue fighting even though they have already lost
How can I sit here and do nothing?
I know what must be done
But it is difficult to do
I cry when I try to remember but
How can I sit here and do nothing?
They slowly killed my body for three years
To stop my body from trying to kill me
And I’m the lucky one cause I survived
How can I sit here and do nothing?
I have sat still for far too long
These children deserve so much more
No matter how much it hurts to do
I must stand up and do something.
Imagine fifty children every day
Being told they are going to die
Imagine a mother’s tears pouring down her face
How can you sit here and do nothing?
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