Cancer
Nobody ever knew
the secrets devouring you
This is why you’re gone.
I still remember the last time
I wrapped my arms around you
took in your scent, told you to be strong.
Then you told me what was wrong.
Oh, I wish you were here
I wish you were near me.
Your memory lives on
But I wish you were still with me.
Not a day goes by
I’m not grateful for the time
God blessed me to spend with you.
I cast you and your love aside
I needed some time
to try and figure it all out.
Who I was, what life was about.
Now there’s no question,
to know you was a blessing.
You’re nothing but ash and bone
I feel nothing but alone.
I was in that bright light
of a white room
while you were caving
to that sterile doom.
In fluorescent starkness
I met real darkness
when death took you home
and I finally got my wish,
now I can say I’m grown.
