Walking With Sister Cancer

There is silence in the noisy corridor It resides among us all We have all met sister cancer And now we meet the big machine There are twenty who wait today Silently sitting by the wall Our normal words have deserted us Today we make do with inner thoughts What if we are not cured Will we leave our dreams unfinished What about our family And then again does God exist Why did it have to be me I was always very careful My health was nurtured day and night Is there any justice in the world There goes a man who is worse than me My pity now extends to him Perhaps I have been lucky after all Then again I am not so sure There seems no point to waste the day On thinking what is and might have been My task today is to trust in God And act as if I have been cured