Wrestling with Cancer
You spoke casually,
Masking the depths beneath your pain,
As if morning might break,
Flooding your darkness with brightness;
Then I heard of your plight,
And I wept in deepest anguish.
The prognosis is grave,
And I can't imagine your thoughts,
Pondering the options,
Suspending all your future hopes:
But fight you must, my dear,
For all your family's tomorrows.
I know that you have faith,
Even a faith to move mountains;
But questions still arise,
Doubts which echo in this valley:
You must cling on to life,
Stretching to hold this gift intact.
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Submitted on April 24, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 530 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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