This sickening thing,
this cancer that deprives you of life so slowly,
and quickly is such a vicious thing,
yes, this cancer appearing from out of nowhere,
as if a mystery,
a surprise but not much of a surprise cancer,
because it inflicts itself upon a large number of societies,
yes, cancer, such an unwelcome thing,
cancer, cancer that invades you and pervades your being,
with the sickness that it brings,
yes, cancer you despicable thing,
arriving with such shock, horror, and fragility,
and tragedy and devastation after diagnosis,
a diagnosis that leaves families left reeling,
from the illness that lives inside a loved one,
a fellow human being,
a human being whose life was previously fully lived,
and lived to the full,
and whose life is so suddenly on the edge,
never knowing when the end will be.
Cancer, oh, how it sickens you, and it rips apart your family,
and though you get all the treatment you can,
from the best doctors and the nurses there are,
it is what it is, and life could end who knows when,
and life could end so suddenly and rapidly,
and though we can hope for longer life,
we are probably kidding ourselves,
and will probably have a shorter life,
than anyone could have ever wished.
Oh, cancer,
such a terrible thing and with such destruction all around.
You try to hope for the best,
and there is therapy,
radiotherapy and chemotherapy,
and so much sickness and weakness,
that the pain never ends,
and with so many tears,
tears in the eyes of families,
tears in the eyes of mothers and fathers,
and sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews,
and uncles, aunts, and grandparents,
and great grandparents and friends,
cancer, cancer, what a terrible thing it is,
a traumatising evil inside,
that clings to life with all it has to cling,
and though we invest in new medicine,
cancer shifts and changes and bends,
and it fights for its survival, cancer,
cancer it truly knows how to defend,
and it is a sickening feeling when people are first diagnosed,
and the shock and the pain, it drags on and on until the end,
cancer, cancer, when will it end,
cancer, when will it cease to be,
when will it be eradicated by humanity,
now, I really wish I knew, but cancer has no time,
and no timetable,
and cancer will never make amends,
and cancer, cancer will never be your friend.