“After a long, courageous battle” he said
Standing there in black and white thread
And there you were beneath him, dead
Doesn’t anybody realise
Cancer led to your demise
As if you might now be alright
If only you had won the fight
As if you lacked the will or might
To resist what in your future lies
Cancer led to your demise
I know what no one understands
Life and death aren’t in our hands
We all die when the Lord commands
Few humans know their minute size
Cancer led to your demise
It isn’t an enemy, it’s a disease
It’s deaf to all your useless pleas
No struggle will cause it to cease
All you can do is wipe your eyes
Cancer led to your demise
You weren’t the first, you won’t be last
With cancer's dark spell to be cast
And now your suffering’s in the past
But to that past I’ll fondly rise
Cancer led to your demise
So many lives, so many years
Lost in gloomy, cancerous tears
Humans engrossed in their fears
I refuse to let you hear my cries
Cancer led to your demise
If it would kill you, then you’d die
Regardless of how much I’d cry
I’d rather you laughed life goodbye
And being you, you did what’s wise
Cancer led to your demise
Even those who show their grief
Who’s agony was far from brief
And to whom death came as a relief
It’s always hard when a loved one dies
Cancer led to your demise
So in your name, my hands I raise
And offer to existence my praise
For no life lived can death erase
To all who’ve seen it’s tears and sighs
Cancer shan’t lead to your demise
31/07/06
Submission Name: Cancerous Demise
