27 April
I hear you speak to me
through those i love
i have seen your beastly dance
I have seen you
chew my people up and spit them out
do you wear them proudly like a beaded necklace?
I have watched you channel through rivers
like blood through veins
yes
you have a branch on my tree
of friends and family
but you are a cheat
you have no guts to face
what you leave behind
I do not release you
you are not absolved
fuck you
cancer
This is too grim for me.
ReplyDeleteMighty words..works as a reproach on many levels..
ReplyDeleteThis is such a good way to address the beast. It may be winning today but it is a long war and the struggle is not over. Many of our bravest will fall but we will win in the end.
ReplyDeleteStrong write! Although I know cancer is one of our words, your ending still surprised me. I read this a few times. It is a beastly dance for sure.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes... cancer is all that and more. It took my mom.
ReplyDeleteVery powerful poem, and what a good thing to have a fighting spirit with this disease. But also to absorb the possible beauty that can come while you fight this.... the love and support of friends, the new and intense appreciation for life... etc etc.. Loved your poem
ReplyDeleteLove it. Especially your ending.
ReplyDeleteGreat poem. I was surprised at the end that you were not writing of a person...delightful! Your poem could be meaningful to many.
ReplyDeleteI can completely understand the... fury... I saw in these lines! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI, too, understand the anger. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing this. Having just lost my husband of 18 years, 2 months ago. I share in its sentiments. He was only 59, much too young to leave this world.
ReplyDeletePamela
Well said!
ReplyDeleteYour three closing lines are strong and brilliant. May you and all you love be well and freed from cancer's tyranny.
ReplyDeleteYes, surprising ending, clever write!
ReplyDeleteOh I just love that last line. It end that poem perfectly. The great part about the poem, I thought you were going mention a lover's name.
ReplyDeletestrong piece - I like it.
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