I Just Found Out
I just found out that I have three months to live.
Only three months until the cancer that has grown
without my knowledge takes my life.
My doctor has known for some time,
But I just found out.
Less than a hundred times
I will see the sun rise to light the earth
Less than a hundred times
I will longingly watch its parting glow
Wondering if I will be there to see it again,
Hoping that I will have the grace to leave
In such resplendent glory.
Wondering what life would have been like
If I had been given the chance to marry and have children,
To grow old and retire; but I only have three months...
And I just found out.
Copyright © Isaiah Zerbst | Year Posted 2013
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