Cancer..... Needs To Be Kicked Into Touch...

You hear about it everywhere

but until it happens

to someone close to you

Cancer

It really does screw

your life up bigtime

and your families

and friends

The person it's happening to

they just can't get their head

around it properly at first

they are shellshocked

stunned

then numb

then anger

frustrated

mad

stuck in limbo

I could go on.

Spare a thought

for someone with Cancer

young

teenager

middle-aged

old

whatever age

It's a wicked disease

That a lot of people

shun away from

and never ever

talk about

Well, I'am.

Because

it's important.

For everyone

to understand

How it affects

these poor souls

and their loved ones.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Wholeheartedly agree with you Dee. It is a devastating disease. I know many survivors, people in various stages of treatment and also friends and relatives who have died. It touches everyone, especially the loved ones. They seem to find it even more difficult than the patient.

Chris

[Onlyme]

That is so true Chris. It really does seem to be a subject no one want to talk about. When every day it's affecting someone. Thank you for your thoughts Chris. Dee.

[Chris Shaw]

You are welcome Dee

[matelotrod]

Been there, bought the T shirt and am now waiting for the end (unfortunately) Rhyming poetry is my usual game but when I saw your comments on cancer I had to read it. Don't know how long I have left but will carry on reading and writing while I still can. Take care Rod.

[Onlyme]

Rod my heart really reach out to you. I feel so awful for writting this poem now. We go on Thursday afternoon to find out how bad and what is the options if any. Massive hug to you my friend Dee. If you ever need a chat or someone to listen or even to moan or rant. Drop me a line anytime.

[matelotrod]

Thanks for your support Dee, I have a wonderful wife who looks after me and couldn't wish for better. Rod.

[Onlyme]

I am so Glad to hear Rod, you have a beautiful wife. You sound such a lovely man. Keep in contact and know we care and are thinking about you and your dear wife. Dee. hugs.

[sette]

i agree with you many of my loved ones succumb to this disease and a close friend of mine is a survivor but then it is so sad and this poem is so touching

[Jon Roggie]

This is something which seems to do my family in. We seem to normally last past eighty.
The sad part is you get used to it. Currently, one of our survivors is my niece. She was having chemo at nine months. She is now getting ready to start college.

[alanwgraham]

Well done dee for doing your bit to share this. Last year i had a scan which showed up something suspicious and I had a very worried wait until a biopsy showed it was ok. You are very right in saying that we tend to think these things happen to others.
All the best.
Alan

[Christy the Poetic Hear..]

You're completely right. Thanks for thinking about all the victims of cancer.
Great writing friend!!!

[Lyn Anderson]

You're right, of course, having had a scare with the big "C" we'll take most diseases over that diagnosis.
Two things. What did your mean in your title?
And second, I think you meant family's

[Ally Ann]

I lost both my grandparents at 64 to cancer. I was younger and it was so hard to go through. It is hard to understand unless you have witnessed this disease in action, as you said. Hopefully someday we will have a way to cure it, but for now all we can do is support those with the disease and their family and friends.

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

my heart goes out...Ive been there in just about every way. My prayers for all the families and individuals that suffer through. ....

[John the Baptist]

"The Emperor of All Maladies," as it has been called. Very few things strike more terror in the human soul than cancer. I wholeheartedly support your position regarding talking about it. Too many people have suffered in silence.

[Great Aunt Astri]

This is a very 'conversational' poem. I think you write because there are things you want to tell about, and I think a lot of people identify, and are very pleased to read your poems. But, here comes a criticism, as a poem I think it needs to be tightened up a bit. I think that would make better poetry, but poems are written for very many reasons. Good for you for expressing this one.

[Onlyme]

I do agree with you Great Aunt Astri.