Channel: Gary Turk

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Description: 1 in 2 people will be affected by cancer in their lifetime. But we can do something about it. I’m Standing up to Cancer, and you can too. #StandUpWithYT If you're outside of the UK, please donate online at standuptocancer.org.uk/youtube. Text STAND5 to 70404 to donate £5, or STAND10 to 70404 to donate £10. +1 std msg. UK mobile 16+ only. Get bill payer’s permission. Closes 31.04.17. 100% of your donation goes to Cancer Research UK in support of the Stand Up To Cancer campaign. For full terms and conditions head to standuptocancer.org.uk/information/terms-and-conditions Please share this video, and help raise the money we need to put an end to Cancer. Thank you. Written & Performed by Gary Turk. FOLLOW ME: INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/gary_turk FACEBOOK: facebook.com/GaryTurkFilm TWITTER: twitter.com/gary_turk SNAPCHAT: G.Turk WEBSITE: garyturk.com Art Direction by Megan Turk End music by David Ralph davidralph.co.uk SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE: bit.ly/Subscribe_to_Gary_Turk Words: Sophie is 8, she loves animals (friendly ones), she loves stories (scary ones), and she loves trees (like every tree she sees). But more than these, her most favouritest thing of all, is to draw. She would draw more than any child had drawn before. Close her door, sit on the floor, let mind explore, and just draw. She would draw animals (friendly ones), she would draw stories (scary ones), and she would draw trees, (just so many trees). Until one day she felt too sick to draw. She remembers before, the doctor she saw, said the medicine might make it hard to draw. She couldn’t finish her animals (the friendly ones) She couldn’t finish her stories (the scary ones) She couldn’t finish her trees, all because this inconsiderate disease. All her drawing desires, replaced with needles and wires, and going weeks without seeing a tree, All those times feeling inspired, replaced with feeling tired, Just laying there wondering why me? To be 8, and not get to go outside, To be 8, and live where sickness cannot hide, To be 8, and to be told regularly that your friend has just died. You would be scared too. And whether you are 8 or 88, know that cancer does not discriminate. But we live in an age where we can treat it. We can be tough like Sophie and beat it. And together, if we raise enough money, we could defeat it. Because those in need rely on us (the friendly ones) To help them make it through the day (the scary ones) and rid the world of this disease, because there are just too many trees that need drawing. Copyright © 2016 Gary Turk All Rights Reserved