1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from NaijaPrey.TV 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 3 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,840 BREAST CANCER 4 01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:40,160 Life is not poetry, but prose, 5 01:02:40,280 --> 01:02:42,840 My friend is a rose 6 01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:46,600 She told me this morning... 7 01:02:48,440 --> 01:02:50,640 Born at dawn, 8 01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:53,520 Bathed in the dew, 9 01:02:53,960 --> 01:02:56,360 I grew and blossomed, 10 01:02:56,520 --> 01:02:59,320 I was happy with the sun. 11 01:02:59,480 --> 01:03:02,240 But the day was short, 12 01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:07,400 My petals have withered... 13 01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:12,480 But it was only yesterday 14 01:03:12,680 --> 01:03:15,760 She was the most beautiful of all 15 01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:19,640 Flowers in your garden. 16 01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:23,840 Life is not poetry, but prose, 17 01:03:24,040 --> 01:03:26,120 My friend is a rose 18 01:03:26,280 --> 01:03:28,280 She told me this morning... 19 01:03:30,560 --> 01:03:32,680 God sent me youth, 20 01:03:32,840 --> 01:03:34,920 But soon everything took away, 21 01:03:35,200 --> 01:03:37,200 I suffer from melancholy, 22 01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:39,320 Losing petals. 23 01:03:39,560 --> 01:03:41,520 And the light of the sun faded, 24 01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:43,720 And death is not far away, 25 01:03:44,040 --> 01:03:46,240 There is only darkness around now. 26 01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:50,440 Yesterday sometimes during the day 27 01:03:50,640 --> 01:03:52,640 You admired me, 28 01:03:52,840 --> 01:03:54,960 And now I am only dust. 29 01:03:57,240 --> 01:03:59,160 In the embrace of frost 30 01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:01,320 There lies a naked rose, 31 01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:03,560 Dead by morning. 32 01:04:05,800 --> 01:04:07,800 But at night under the moon 33 01:04:08,040 --> 01:04:09,920 Comes to me again 34 01:04:10,120 --> 01:04:12,040 Your rosy image, 35 01:04:12,280 --> 01:04:14,080 My dear flower. 36 01:04:14,360 --> 01:04:16,400 Your soul is full 37 01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:18,480 Both holy and good, 38 01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:21,400 And the angels are with you. 39 01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:25,040 In dreams and in reality 40 01:04:25,200 --> 01:04:27,120 I live in hope, 41 01:04:27,320 --> 01:04:29,520 I am nothing without her. 42 01:06:57,480 --> 01:07:00,360 MARGUERITE DURAS