Cancer

By beaste

Sun, 27 Jan 2013
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I will admit you never really looked young
With your tanned papery skin
This is what years of smocking had done

But over a month
You grew old
Your hair turned white
And your skin began to fold

You grew so tired and weak
So weak it hurt for you to speak

Your strength just ebbed away
Making life more painful day by day

It wasn't long before you were at death's door
Everyone almost begging you to go in
Because you were so skinny and sore
And even though you were fighting strong
We couldn't take no more

I'm sorry I didn't talk to you
Get to know you
I was too pathetic to even see you

But your dead now
So there's nothing I can do
Except learn about you

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Submitted by Bee on
There's something that strikes me as honest about this. Sad, and slightly regretful. Well that's what I took from it. Bee
Bee

Submitted by beaste on
well, this poem was about my grandad when he got pancreatic cancer, so it is genuinly truthful. My grandad was naturally not a very talkative person and i was quite a shy kid so...it just happens really. I actually wrote the poem about 3 years ago and found it in one of my old notebook and it was about 5 or so years ago when grandad actually died just for intrest sake.

Bea :-)

Submitted by beaste on
yeah thanks for noticing the typos :-3 im not particularly good at reading over work. yeah and im also one of these people that has to hav at least some rhym in a poem, otherwise it dont feel right to me silly enough. Anywho im glad u liked it, i didnt think anyone would even comment on it to be honest

Bea :-)

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
I found it a clear and honest memory to share too. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by beaste on
Thanks x

Bea :-)

Submitted by beaste on
Thank you,you know a thought suddenly occurs iv never actually shown anyone this poem outside abctales and I'm usually quite vane about my poems....maybe it's for the best

Bea :-)

Submitted by beaste on
That's exactly it!!!!! Well said

Bea :-)