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Poetry: Cancer

~Cancer's Final Word~

The dark is closing in,
Fires are burning in my head.
I am trying to hang on,
I am already dead.

The radiation didn't help,
Things only seem worse.
The pain medicine is a tease,
Nothing stops the hurt.

You want me to stick around,
And watch the family grow,
I try to fight the inevitable,
It's just my time to go.

My body seems to weaken,
My cells lack defense.
I might pull through for a minute,
But then I am down again.

I keep laying in this bed,
This machine has control.
It is time to do what is right,
You must release my soul.



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