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The last words of a cancer patient
Contributed by
damian
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Sunday, 16th September 2012 @ 07:01:39 AM in AEST
Topic:
EmotionalPoetry
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Lost in the darkness of my own mind
What I might find, is not what you want to find
Its pain, but of a different kind
Scream all you want, but they won’t hear
It’s too dark for anything to be clear
Forced to face every single thing you fear
Four walls surround you, blocking all senses
Every muscle in your body flexes and tenses
What will happen next, in the moment I snap
And all emotion pours out, like an open tap
I look in the mirror, see the devil looking back
His eyes are dead, enveloped in black
Dreams turn to nightmares, nightmares to reality
How long till another is added to the numbers of fatality
The cancer, it eats away from the inside
I tell them it’s okay, but it’s obvious I lied
How long do I have till deaths at my side?
And who, with my last wishes, will I confide?
My eyes open for barely a flicker
Then I lose the wicker
And the flames extinguish
I can feel the tears slide down in anguish
But I can’t see, I CAN’T SEE
The cancer took my sight, along with everything I used to be
Help me,
I pray,
I beg everyday
I’m still alive, so why am I being left to decay
I just keep smiling for my family
I smile so they don’t think I’m scared
But to the fear that I’m feeling nothing ever compared
What will happen, to my baby girl, and what of my wife?
Will I ever see her again, in the next life?
Day 73 it is now, I’ve lost all hearing
That’s my sight and my hearing gone,
What now should I be fearing?
I still feel my wife’s hand in mine,
She never does leave the whole time
She has had my heart from the start,
When she stole it in the perfect crime
I can feel my two year old girl,
Stroke her fingers down my face
We only have days now,
It’s the final leg of the race
I try to whisper, but I can’t hear if its right
I push on, giving it all my fight
“Rosie, daddy’s girl, I’m leaving soon so hold me tight,
Who knows where I will be at the end of the night”
I feel moisture slide down my face
I feel out and I follow the trace
It’s Rosie, she is crying
She knows I am dying
Her tears fall and fall, and it hurts right to my core
But I just hold her tighter and tighter, wishing for more
More time, more sight, more hearing
For my mind to give up on itself, in a hope of clearing
Day 79, a few more than predicted
I’m barely hear anymore, majorly constricted
I keep thinking of the day my girl was born
September 7th, at the essence of dawn
As she entered the world, and I made that promise
‘I’ll never leave; I’ll keep you safe all your life’
I let down the promise, my kid and my wife
By the end of the night, I will be flying through the skies
The only thing left now, is to tell my goodbyes
With the last of my breath’s I crumble and shake
And gather the words to be left in my wake
In all my final strength I pull my wife into an embrace
And I aim my final words, at what I think is her face
I love you with all my heart
From here where we are at the very end
From the very first day that we called the start
Be strong my soul mate, we will pull through
Up In heaven, is where I will wait for you
Copyright ©
damian
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2012-09-16 07:01:39]
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Re: The last words of a cancer patient
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by emystar on
Sunday, 16th September 2012 @ 11:21:28 PM AEST
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Wow, words escape me.
Even tho this is sad it's beautiful. I'm sure it will be cherished.
Awesome write.
Blessings, huggs, prayer,
emy |
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Re: The last words of a cancer patient
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by ammar on
Thursday, 20th September 2012 @ 06:25:55 AM AEST
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A superb piece of tragic poetry. I had tears in my eyes while reading the final stanza.
The rhymes help the poem flow naturally.
Keep writing |
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