Genre: family, death, and sadness.
CANCER
by C.M. Krishack
Like a thief in the night,
you come into our lives.
One minute we are able,
the next we are condemned.
Your methods are not restricted,
your victims are not selective,
you are merciless and forbidding,
callous and bold.
You take no prisoners,
yet you leave us imprisoned.
You attack with no sympathy,
you leave lives in shambles.
Hearts forever shattered,
words never articulated,
families forever broken-
you are our adversary
yet never motivated.
You leave us speechless,
but screaming till the end.
Screams of “Why?”
Screams of “Help!”
But our voices are just memories
left behind.
The essence of those lost
are left comforting the living.
Those that have met you
will live to remember you.
Your name is unspoken
but whispered in the lives
you have claimed-
Cancer.
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