Ending

I feel the end coming
its approaching near
I open my eyes 
their’s is full of fear

endless I love you’s
cards are piling up. 
People, in and out
Handed a pill and a cup. 

I never wanted this 
this isn’t what I deserve
I’m stuck and left to wonder
will my legacy preserve?

tubes and machinery immobilise my frail body
bones protrude
a shell of the man I was
when will this pain finally conclude?

So long have I been trapped in this room 
stuck in a state of constant despair 
I want nothing more than to step outside
have I forgotten the smell of fresh air?

So much I have yet to do
the list painfully long
so many places left to visit
I still have to right so many wrongs

As my breath becomes hitched 
My body is covered in a cold sweat
surrounded by my family, 
to whom I am forever in debt

I feel my end coming 
its approaching near
doctors look down on me
I am no longer full of fear

Acceptance hits like a wave
Its knocking at my door
now I truly know
that I don't want to be afraid anymore

Goodbye mother, 
Take good care of my son
Goodbye sister
stay by my side until I am done. 

I know my end is coming 
It is now here 
please don’t be sad
please don’t weep my dear

for we shall meet again
for now, please don’t cry
put your hand in mine
Goodbye.

cancerdeathrhyme

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