Cancer



It sneaks up on you when you don't know it's there
Eating you away with nothing to spare
You think of all the ways
That you could get better soon
But it never goes away
It stills wants to be in you
Swallowing you whole
Like it cares
It just wants to kill you
So you are left bare
With your will power gone
To live, to keep pushing through
And then like that....
It takes you.
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Submitted on January 23, 2011

Modified on March 19, 2023

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Scheme AABCDEFGEAHEIE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 362
Words 77
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Ashley

I am 19 years old, and I have been through some losses that most teens won't have to go through untill they are much older.My Dad passed away in a truck accident in 2003 and three years later my Mom was taken from me by cancer. It has been really rough so far,me dealing with my depression and just learning how life is all on my own. But I am strong and I will pull through this period in my life. In the end it is all about what i learned and i know i will be seeing them again. more…

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