The Big C Keeps On Coming
Inspired by the moving storyline of Andie, the brave and courageous 9-year-old patient, from Season 2, Episode 2: Autopsy, of the brilliant TV Show, "House". It's an excellent ensemble cast.
We all know someone with Cancer or have lost loved ones to Cancer. May we eventually live in a world where it no longer exists.
The Big C keeps on coming
By Michelle Morris
14/04/2023
Dying when you're 9 years old
It's a terrible way to live
The Big C keeps on coming
Despite medical intervention
Year after year of treatment
Becoming an expert in your care
More time in a hospital than your home
Clinical procedures and chemotherapy
Now they want to invade your body
With another round of tests
And if you survive it all
It will give you one more year
One more year with your family
One more year on Earth
One more year to experience life
One more year to eventually get a kiss
Is it really worth it
When you're exhausted and in pain?
Will it help your sanity
To not live with one year gained?
The Big C keeps on coming
It doesn't ever give you anything
But maybe, just maybe, this radical treatment
Will help get you through this process
You may die a ghost of your best self
But you'll have experienced a lot more love
And when you finally leave your loved ones
They'll know you've flown to Heaven above
© Michelle Morris, 2023
The Big C: A euphemism for cancer.
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