May 19, 2019.
I am providing a poem that was written recently. I believe this poem should touch anyone that has been diagnosed with Cancer.
Diagnosis
Sitting in a small room
Wearing a white jacket
The verdict she pronounced
The walls around me crumbled
The lights went out and in a
Flash the world was gone
My name was being called
Faintly in the distance
But my mouth would not respond
Emotions of every kind danced
Momentarily in front of me
And then disappeared
My eyes are forced shut as the
Fear and unknown are too much
My world has become like a
Liquid darkness all consuming
Grabbing at my every breath
Encouraging me to drown
Visions of sharks swimming
Around me reminding me that
My entire life is nothing more
Than vittles to their ominous
Razor sharp teeth
Yet a ray of hope breaks through
The darkness. The spiral of death
That had commenced only moments
Ago stopped like the flipping of a
Switch
The Big C, Cancer diagnosed
My life now hanging on the precipice
Between poison and life.