Cancer

By Mentalelf

I lost my beautiful intelligent son to a rare bone cancer (Ewings) at age 18. So sometimes I write because its cathartic. Some was written as I sat alongside his bed at Leeds LGI Teen cancer ward 33.

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The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

By Mentalelf on Tue, 26 Jan 2021

The boulevard of broken dreams The boulevard of broken dreams begins at the end of a snicket, There’s a “no cycling” sign, ignored, it wobbles, I...
Non-fiction
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My Crazy Diamond

By Mentalelf on Wed, 03 Feb 2021

On the annivesary of my sons death to cancer at eighteen years of age I wrote this song at two in the morning. I emailed it to Davids friend Dooley,...
Non-fiction
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Blues For David.

By Mentalelf on Wed, 03 Feb 2021

When I lost my son to cancer at eighteen years I wrote these blues. I played guitar, and my cousins son played the mouth organ and sang, we threw in...
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