DeanCarl Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 A poem I wrote shortly after recieving my dx. ----------------------------------- Cancer! Oh, how we fear that word! I say to you, "I have cancer" And I watch you, refuse to hear. I say to you, "I have cancer" And I watch you, bury me with your eyes. Yes, I have CANCER. Please, Please hear the word. But do not lay me in my grave, At least, Not just yet. Oh, I know this disease Will someday take my life. The chances of that are, Shall we say, Rather high. Yes, I know that which will take me, From this world. But not today! But then again, That's all I've ever had. Today. And to tell the truth, (which I've been known to do at times) That's all any of us ever have. Today. So today, I think, I'll get up early, And watch the sun set fire to the sky. Today, I think, I'll tell my wife, "I love you", at least a hundred times. Today, I think, I'll find a way to laugh so hard, I'll give myself a stomach ache. Today, I think, I'll go to the cliffs above the ocean And ask old man Ocean what he knows that I don't. Today, I think, I'll climb down into the abyss, And spit in the Devil's eye. Today I'll do so many wonderful things. And those I don't get done today. I'll do tomorrow when tomorrow becomes today. Yes, I have cancer Yes, I will die from it someday. But not today. Not today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeTaa Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Oh, DeanCarl, how it has made my TODAY to read this. And you know, even without such a horrible diagnosis, we should all live this way. Thanks for brightening my day. Love and Blessings, TeeTaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Daughter of Bill Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Beautiful!! (She says as she wipes a tear!) You have such a way with words! Angie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerbil runner Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. So glad you're reposting some of your "best". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Dean, Thanks for posting this again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hebbie Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Dean, What a beautiful, beautiful poem. I was just on the CURE Magazine website. They are launching HOPE -- another magazine dedicated to living with cancer and they are requesting submissions of poems -- please consider submitting this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 how beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 got to bump this one up !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianew Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Thanks Randy! I've read it before - but never loses it's power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemalakgem Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hello I'm new here at www.lungevity.org. I just wanted to say greetings to all members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaminkw Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Thanks Randy, I needed that. Judy in KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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