Poems About Cancer by Top Critiquers
#cancer
Through the Eyes of a Friend
Look at me through the eyes of a friend, she said,
A stream of thoughts embraced me in a sad rhapsody,
But I, drunk on whiskey and rye cried a rivulet instead,
Running through my mind like an unforgettable melody.
I took her old rosary, the one she kept in an old box,
Before anyone else would ransack her possessions,
I prayed a prayer of redemption but before I could talk,
She said, never look back or hold on to obsessions.
But I placed the beads and hymn book in my rucksack,
My young rebel soul would never see her eyes again,
And as the years...
A stream of thoughts embraced me in a sad rhapsody,
But I, drunk on whiskey and rye cried a rivulet instead,
Running through my mind like an unforgettable melody.
I took her old rosary, the one she kept in an old box,
Before anyone else would ransack her possessions,
I prayed a prayer of redemption but before I could talk,
She said, never look back or hold on to obsessions.
But I placed the beads and hymn book in my rucksack,
My young rebel soul would never see her eyes again,
And as the years...
#sadness
#death
#memories
#memorial
#cancer
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You Called
You didn’t have much to say
But you tried
It’s a start
It doesn’t matter
That there’s not much time left
But you tried
It’s a start
It doesn’t matter
That there’s not much time left
#mother
#forgiveness
#abuse #cancer
#abuse #cancer
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Grey Sanctity as Summer Fades
Heat wave climaxed
Last rays of summer descending
Melancholy on a perch
Waiting to swoop in
I'll be good with that
Melanoma robbed me of summer joy
10 years a survivor
Walking the shady side of the street
There's still baseball to be played
Cool evenings
The mango finally sweet
A black merino wool v-neck in waiting
Last rays of summer descending
Melancholy on a perch
Waiting to swoop in
I'll be good with that
Melanoma robbed me of summer joy
10 years a survivor
Walking the shady side of the street
There's still baseball to be played
Cool evenings
The mango finally sweet
A black merino wool v-neck in waiting
#dark
#inspirational
#summer
#fall
#cancer
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Investing In A Fabolous You
Okay ladies it is about that time to check your breasts for the month of June, and gentlemen now would be a great time to get a Prostate Exam..
We are official in the summer season, daisy dukes, bikinis, swim parties, beaches, amusement parks, and water parks therefore, let’s make this a healthy summer for all.
Sunscreen lotion for any long-term exposure to the sun
If you have a pool indoor/outdoor, make sure you have proper covering when not in usage,
in addition, if children are swimming make sure they have floats on,...
We are official in the summer season, daisy dukes, bikinis, swim parties, beaches, amusement parks, and water parks therefore, let’s make this a healthy summer for all.
Sunscreen lotion for any long-term exposure to the sun
If you have a pool indoor/outdoor, make sure you have proper covering when not in usage,
in addition, if children are swimming make sure they have floats on,...
#women
#TruthOfLife
#feminism
#support
#cancer
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Gary
Gary wants you to know he's very good looking. Yeah, his beard does kind of look like Kenny Rogers', but nicer.
Gary is good at his job as an auto parts manager. Really damn good. He expects respect from those new hires. Damn 19 year olds. What do they know? No way he'd let his kids mouth off like those kids they get in the store these days.
Linda's the best woman Gary's met in a long time. That auburn hair almost down to her ass. Knows how to shoot a gun too.
Linda was surprised to learn that Gary has a teacup poodle. Gary chuckles to himself, then turns...
Gary is good at his job as an auto parts manager. Really damn good. He expects respect from those new hires. Damn 19 year olds. What do they know? No way he'd let his kids mouth off like those kids they get in the store these days.
Linda's the best woman Gary's met in a long time. That auburn hair almost down to her ass. Knows how to shoot a gun too.
Linda was surprised to learn that Gary has a teacup poodle. Gary chuckles to himself, then turns...
#relationships
#death
#MovingOn
#healing
#cancer
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f**k you cancer
Why in the fuck
did you think
you could take him from me?
Do you know who the fuck you are up against?
I am all you wish you could destroy, but lives
He is more than what I am
He is the air I breathe
He is my soul
He is my heartbeat
He is the smile on our teens lips
He is the blood of life that keeps me alive
Hes made me everything I wanted to be
He loves me
Hes always loved me...
So, cancer FUCK YOU
You cant have him
NO. FUCKING. WAY.
Hes Mine
Ill fight for him
Come for me
Im...
did you think
you could take him from me?
Do you know who the fuck you are up against?
I am all you wish you could destroy, but lives
He is more than what I am
He is the air I breathe
He is my soul
He is my heartbeat
He is the smile on our teens lips
He is the blood of life that keeps me alive
Hes made me everything I wanted to be
He loves me
Hes always loved me...
So, cancer FUCK YOU
You cant have him
NO. FUCKING. WAY.
Hes Mine
Ill fight for him
Come for me
Im...
#husband
#illness
#cancer
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on indescribable grief (a senryú)
When I see his face
Still— [shockwaves], I'm breathing
With my heart...... missing.
Still— [shockwaves], I'm breathing
With my heart...... missing.
#love
#grief
#memories
#senryu
#cancer
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Chemical State of Mind
I don’t work, I don’t fuck only eat and rarely shit
That’s why this year I’m on my third selfish-ass bitch,
“The life I live they truly hate it
Now grandma’s giving me an enema, because I’m constipated,
“The chemo for the cancer is eating me alive
Couldn’t make it to the bathroom now shit is running down my thighs,
“Embarrassed and words of comfort-I don’t want to hear it
Because my soul is hurt, sprinkled with a shattered spirit,
“Soiled clothes on the floor, shitty rag in the sink
Asshole naked on the toilet as I start to think, ...
That’s why this year I’m on my third selfish-ass bitch,
“The life I live they truly hate it
Now grandma’s giving me an enema, because I’m constipated,
“The chemo for the cancer is eating me alive
Couldn’t make it to the bathroom now shit is running down my thighs,
“Embarrassed and words of comfort-I don’t want to hear it
Because my soul is hurt, sprinkled with a shattered spirit,
“Soiled clothes on the floor, shitty rag in the sink
Asshole naked on the toilet as I start to think, ...
#strength
#courage
#cancer
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We can go through cancer, my dear!
Don't give up, my dear sunshine;
your pain is like a knife to me,
your weary face expecting times,
when healthy you will be.
You are a hero on a quest
to regain your cozy smile,
and may your eyes find rest
but because they are alive;
beyond the lengthy struggle,
when each second is eternal,
hopeful trouble; gently huggle
me, in my love maternal.
Love that won't give up;
for we will find the root...
when the horror stops
you'll win a fresh route... ...
your pain is like a knife to me,
your weary face expecting times,
when healthy you will be.
You are a hero on a quest
to regain your cozy smile,
and may your eyes find rest
but because they are alive;
beyond the lengthy struggle,
when each second is eternal,
hopeful trouble; gently huggle
me, in my love maternal.
Love that won't give up;
for we will find the root...
when the horror stops
you'll win a fresh route... ...
#hope
#courage
#inspirational
#cancer
#determination
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MY STILLNESS AWAITS
As I awaken from a dream that has awaken me, as I am still here in this world alive and still breathing. Yet I have to take sometime to adjust my life and mind to the truth, that from the darkness I had to learn to experience life from a different perspective. Yet through those troubling times, I learn that we have to go through some rough times to appreciate, the good blessings of our lives. For as I deal with my cancer treatments going through chemotherapy, I am still not afraid of what the future will bring or become for me. As I am feeling no pain nor regret for living my life as I did...
#strength
#courage
#gratitude
#cancer
#StreamOfConsciousness
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Honduran Angel
Honduran Angel
“You haven’t cast your shadow in our doorway in two years. But it is Christmas and you are my gift.”
“If I’d waited any longer it might have been too late.”
“You mean I might have moved on. Trust me, I am part of the furniture here. There is no chance of me leaving.”
“No, I meant there is a chance that I might move from this earth.”
“Don’t tell me you would off yourself. You should never have left me. I heal your mind.”
“That never crossed my mind. I have a lump on my forearm.”
“My Mom was a...
“You haven’t cast your shadow in our doorway in two years. But it is Christmas and you are my gift.”
“If I’d waited any longer it might have been too late.”
“You mean I might have moved on. Trust me, I am part of the furniture here. There is no chance of me leaving.”
“No, I meant there is a chance that I might move from this earth.”
“Don’t tell me you would off yourself. You should never have left me. I heal your mind.”
“That never crossed my mind. I have a lump on my forearm.”
“My Mom was a...
#romantic
#dreams
#food
#crush
#cancer
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I only had a week to say goodbye
Part 1 (If I don't laugh I will cry)
I saved her mind to a memory stick
so I can reboot each time she gets sick.
Her version control says don't ask me
and she's started to sing in MP3.
Each time she tries to remember a name
she asks for a password and starts again.
Old memories don't seem to play anymore
because she's lost the driver for her MP4.
Sometimes little thoughts keep coming back
but it's usually just the audio track.
I'm beginning to think her file is corrupt ...
I saved her mind to a memory stick
so I can reboot each time she gets sick.
Her version control says don't ask me
and she's started to sing in MP3.
Each time she tries to remember a name
she asks for a password and starts again.
Old memories don't seem to play anymore
because she's lost the driver for her MP4.
Sometimes little thoughts keep coming back
but it's usually just the audio track.
I'm beginning to think her file is corrupt ...
#grief
#mother
#death #cancer
#death #cancer
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DU Poetry : Poems About Cancer by Top Critiquers