Jane Marczewski more popularly known as Nightbirde, has been battling cancer and her recent post about pain deeply moved us.
United States of America (18 November 2021) – Nightbirde captivated the world with her outlook on life while battling terminal cancer. She first shared her story on America’s Got Talent when she auditioned and had us all awed by her beautiful voice and powerful lyrics.
Nightbirde, whose name is Jane Marczewski, has been battling aggressive cancer. She was given a 2% chance to live back in June 2021, or in a time frame, around six months. She decided to live her life to the fullest and face one of her biggest dreams, sharing her music and poetry with the world.
Her song “It’s Okay” is the story of her cancer battle and the last year of her life. During her audition, she explained to the judges that she is ok but explained she has cancer in her spine, lungs, and liver. This generally indicates an advanced stage of cancer.
Jane hoped people would understand that she is so much more than the bad things happening in her life. While she was only given a 2% chance of surviving, she planned to take every chance and opportunity that came her way. America’s Got Talent was one of her biggest dreams.
“You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore, before you decide to be happy” – Nightbirde
She earned the Golden Buzzer during her audition. Just before the live shows were due to start Nightbirde pulled out of the competition, saying her health had taken a turn and needed to be her top focus for a time.
Jane has a way with words and the way she shares her cancer journey is powerful. We always get chills reading her updates and the latest really highlights her pain and her desire to keep living.
“This is going to sound strange, but for all the suffering I’ve done, I don’t know a whole lot about pain. I guess there isn’t much to know about it. It just happens. It just is.
I do know a lot about how the leafy shadows bounce on my bedroom wall. I do know a lot about how ordinary people save the world—by showing up with soup, by saying, “sweetheart, I am so sorry,” by singing old songs, texting the heart emoji, weeping.
I do know a lot about joy, somehow, and what it means to breathe. I know that hope always grows back after being poisoned. I know that laughter is the only thing powerful enough to interrupt the speeches I give about resigning to be unhappy forever. I know that redemption can find the tiniest hole in the roof and drip drip drip until I wake up drenched in songs about tomorrow.
I’ve never been to a place without pain, but one time my friend with the gentle green eyes told me, “You don’t have be more than what you are right now.” And I think after that I was actually healed.
I know that agony can turn a person inward and inward and inward until they’ve gone so far that they snap through the bottom like a rubber glove. Then you’re hovering in a place where you don’t need to prove yourself or be remembered. That’s my favorite place I’ve ever been.
I’m not sure if I know how to fight for my life, but I do know how to open my eyes in the morning, and that’s not nothing. I don’t know exactly what it sounds like when God talks, but I recently started remembering my name because I heard myself whisper “Jane you are so loved.”
Her words moved us to tears, they say so much, so powerfully!
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