Poems About Cancer Seeking Friendly Advice

Do you realize what cancer is?
It’s not the sweet heartfelt commercials.
No one is paying your bills or fighting for you.
No one cares when you can’t come out.
Drs don’t care for you if they can’t get paid.
Pharmacies don’t give a damn if you are in pain.
Life goes on as you slowly die
And everyone keeps passing you by.
No one can help you because you can’t pay.
A few sympathetic smiles.
I’m praying for you are their words
As they continue to go on with their day
You push through every day
Take your mind off the pain ...

You have cancer.  
Repeat :||    
     
After Mass      
your mother      
whispered      
pianissimo:      
     
You have cancer.      
Repeat :||    
     
My heart leapt    
in brief staccato      
     
You have cancer.      
Repeat :||    
     
Mama excused      
herself to the bathroom    
Sobs in and out of deep crescendo      
   
Saying the right thing was never my forte    
They told you three days      
after...

I watched her die, little-by-little,
piece-by-piece.

Until one day, there were more tumors in her body
than there was a soul.