Andy DW Poet Rhyme

The other side

I’m watching the light go dim
It’s sink or swim
I am sinking fast
And absolutely gassed

Struggling to keep my head above water
Feel like I’ve been put out to slaughter 
Everyday is a challenge 
To have a positivity scavenge

I do my best to support
Although I can be short
As I also am dying inside 
From having happiness denied

This world is coming crash down
I am sinking until I drown
Watching my soul mate suffer
At the hands of another

Life has gone as I knew it
Now full of sacrifice and conflict
To give her what I can
Before it turns to a plan

I’m lost on what else I’m able to do
Feel as useful as a kangaroo 
Jumping around to find what’s best
In order for her to be assessed 

Suffering is truly real
It can be a terrible ordeal
Once disease has set in
She go so damn thin

It’s scary to see what this person has been through 
It gives you a different world view
Kindness and respect bleeds from every pore
Where is was very limited before

My whole life revolves around this person
For she made me a better version
I wish I could repay by healing her body
Or have the power to embody 

So much anger and frustration has built
If I could do more I would not have guilt
Cancer is a better alternative 
Treatment is fast and compassionate

I see the determination in her eyes 
To fight whatever may arise
The lights sometimes flicker
And I know she is sicker

There currently no control
Only opportunity to console
As the end is near
I live in turmoil and fear

One morning the lights maybe off
Gone without a cough
Medical intervention needs to be immediate 
Find the missing ingredient 

Life will be grim without my soulmate 
Doctors are in control of my fate
The apologise for the delay
But nothing will change tomorrow or today

NHS you are a massive disappointment 
I hold so much resentment 
You are killing off two
Through your lack or care and short sighted view 

I shouldn’t have to plan for an ending
Because you lack of care is unrelenting 
Torture for the people who suffer through
Pray and hope for change but turn blue

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