Thank you so much to everyone at the M.O.D and the RAF and to all who have kindly supported my writing.

Dying

July 5, 2026

Dying embers of the fire,
tired eyes,
tired mind,
tired heart,
sick of caring about myself,
sick of trying,
sick of the day that the sickness did start,
sick of the light,
wanting the eternal night
sick of being sick,
sick of cancer,
sick of dying,
dying embers of the fire, rising up,
tired eyes,
tired mind,
tired heart,
sick,
sick of cancer,
sick of life,
sick of cancer ever having played such a sickening part,
sick of chemotherapy,
sick of radiotherapy,
sick of the family suffering,
sick of the world,
and from the world,
from the world,
wanting to depart.