Inhale, Exhale, Repeat
His lungs expanded with the warm and toxic fumes

Carcinogens work there magic as they sit like burning coals
Preparing the most horrid of scenarios,
Tempting fate with each cigarette he hangs out of the corner of his mouth
Ash in the air fluttering like butterflies that we used to see on the days you felt well enough to go outside

I remember sitting on the couch and you held up a stone
You said "Emily, this stone is going to heal me one day."
But I could see it in your tired eyes that your spirit was breaking

It's a disease, manipulative and painful
Traveling through the veins of innocent people
Wandering through the genes of many
It's Cancer

My ears shutter at the word
Cause facing the reality that you aren't here anymore is painful enough
I can't imagine drowning in radiation and pain killers

Seeing my family cry raindrops is not a preferred activity