Dark Cancer Poems

each sleight is the haunt 
of some evicted ghost.
grieving me a life of greater pain;
I see pieces of people passing, 
drifting into the footsteps 
of...

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At Peace

A dark cloud of cancer looms on the horizon.
Will it simply pass or rest above me, and shower demise?
Or will the clouds break with...

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There are sacks of rotten rattle snakes. 
In a pit made of acidic hearts and coal flakes.
Bloody stumps where there once were trees of reasoning.
Pin...

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I am not talking about color
By the way any color can be dark
Including white, that's right
Darkness can mean horror
Death, cruelty, murder, violence
Chaos, evil, Satan and...

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Even Then

He’s not lost his smile
Had it since he was a child
His heart still longs to hear
The words that some will fear,
“I love you”… three...

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There's good and bad days,
like a shadow hiding from the sun,
only to realize it can't exist without light,

among reminders to wear gloves
because he's leaking chemotherapy...

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A cancer to which I hope to never find a cure
A kind heart filled with so much life and invaluably pure
You asked me what I...

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Invader of flesh, bone, and blood
                  Rudely invites...

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Life, here hangs on a filmy thread of hope
Unskilled acrobats, making tight rope walks 
With the deep chasm gaping below
Some too fatigued to feel the...

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stories that hurt
heal the soul
if your heart can listen
to a sky full of scribbles
stretched o'er a
sketchy road

you know I
never wanted a cancer story
but now I
know...

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The one who proclaimed his love for her
For some time had been drifting away.
But she often longed for what they were,
Sometimes unable to keep the...

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The Tricky Chirp

The nester bird comes to live, 
in a nest, they did not make. 
Yet... the bird, 
feels right at home 
and not alone...

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Ashes and Thirst

Evil comes in all shapes, and all sizes. 
We have all heard this many times... before. 
But how truly large, or small can...

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He was rage, ignoring light
His anger survived the darkest night
Stilling her dreams, her hopes, her belief
He abused her love – gave her tarnished grief

He was...

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Deprived (sleep)

The small green light
on the radio dial... 
glares at me in the dark. 
It is like a lazar light show going off. 
I threw...

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