CANCER

CANCER

And with a kiss upon the forehead I bid her farewell,

For it was the last we’d see of one another,

Bittersweet it is to lose the one you love to such a hell,

I’d without hesitance take her place if I had my druthers,

We both knew that Heaven was waiting, that was our relief,

She wiped away the tears welling from my eyes,

And told me to stay strong, reminding me that faith was our belief,

I should have been comforting her, yet she was calming me to no surprise,

Death would never destroy our love,

For I knew her spirit would forever live on,

I prayed that God would make her my guardian angel from above,

Her cancer ravaged body would turn to dust but her soul would not be gone,

It would always live within my heart,

She asked me to come lie beside her, for the end was soon near,

I held her tight as she took three gasps of air it was then I knew she did depart,

As I held her lifeless body, all I could say was “I love you dear.”

Such a dreadful disease that just took away a life once ever so spry,

My hope is that soon a cure will be found and that no one has to cry.

-brad