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Cancer
Why did you choose me
Why can’t you understand
My family doesn’t want to lose me
Sitting here, as I download a ferocious beast into my veins to take arms against you
I think about time gone by
I think about my future
Now forced to pause and reflect
The most insignificant things in Life
Become the most Significant
Time with family
Time with nature
Time with music
Time
I will fight you for the rest of my Life
I will fight you for the Best of my Life
Like war, you exist only to cause pain and suffering
As a species, cancer, you have failed the universe
Even if I die, cancer
I have Won
For I have Lived
And I have Loved
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This poem was originally published in the author/poet’s book Empathy Globally: Painful Portraits of People, in Poetry, available here.
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Photo credit: Flickr/MichelleHurwitz
Kudos! Very nice!! Brings a broader understanding to your situation. Thanks for sharing!
Hello Saliek. I don’t have cancer, I write about many situations where people are suffering. I write about people with physical and mental health issues, I write about immigrants and refugees desperate to find a better life, domestic violence, bullying, racism and more.