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I stare at this screen as if unpracticed Though my reaction anything but masked So naive we can be to feelings abstract I see You lack clarity to recognize beneath you As if you really see, truly view What it is I so badly wish to say, hope to do Of all that surrounds, subjects, and subdues I fall Forward into the plot of despair Who will hear me, who will care But then I recall of one passively there I shudder To think of what you would say now Watching you breathless, wanting for air Made my own lungs hostile, for how unfair That which I craved, you had to bear I know The cancer was quick, it took you well I really was not sure how to tell You Now there's no chance, no choice Oh, how I miss your beautiful voice
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Jan 29, 2016
Jan 29, 2016 at 3:03 PM UTC
Hostile Lungs
I stare at this screen as if unpracticed Though my reaction anything but masked So naive we can be to feelings abstract I see You lack clarity to recognize beneath you As if you really see, truly view What it is I so badly wish to say, hope to do Of all that surrounds, subjects, and subdues I fall Forward into the plot of despair Who will hear me, who will care But then I recall of one passively there I shudder To think of what you would say now Watching you breathless, wanting for air Made my own lungs hostile, for how unfair That which I craved, you had to bear I know The cancer was quick, it took you well I really was not sure how to tell You Now there's no chance, no choice Oh, how I miss your beautiful voice
Recently lost someone I love very much to lung cancer. She never smoked a day in her life.
leilani
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Jan 29, 2016
Jan 29, 2016 at 3:03 PM UTC
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