Death came to call
The finality of it all
All one can do
Is smile too
As we age
The face of Cancer rage
It came to call again
Mild skin cancer still scary
It let you know who is in charge
When you’re living your life out large
Pulled out on the main stage
Taking stock of the end of life gauge
Still medical achievements see your way clear
When margins are clean Cancer no longer near
Every day, a blessing to live out loud
To appreciate walking talking using your hands
Just when you get comfortable in your new life
Cancer comes to call husband
CT scan speculating where it will land
Is it like an iceberg 90% underneath?
When you sense urgency in the oncologist
Seeking second opinion with the proctologist
Checking your lungs with the pulmonologist
The second surgeon endocrinologist
It’s rather like the other shoe dropping
Nothing you can do or say for stopping
Body shaking heartbreaking
And that’s all she wrote
Cancer again in my husband’s throat
Doctor asks is there a parent you can call
One by one Cancer took them all