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The lights too quickly faded from my life, As though time finally stopped trying to keep me alive, The doctors came today, and quoted, nearly sadly, That 1 hadn't any longer to live. That was all, though they said they were very sorry, If only they had known a little sooner, What miracle could pour forth from their already over extended minds. So this is it, one day sitting on a cloud, The next, counting each day on a prayer, And everybody is kindly quiet around me, As though noise would hasten my demise. What of my Creator, is it really true, That 1 could just go without a wish, Drawn back to where 1 began, Without even a sign to point the way. I guess I had better be brave, So that the ones I love will cope; But silence is almost like a trap, A death knell, A voiceless, silent death.
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May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013 at 5:26 AM UTC
Dying of Cancer
The lights too quickly faded from my life, As though time finally stopped trying to keep me alive, The doctors came today, and quoted, nearly sadly, That 1 hadn't any longer to live. That was all, though they said they were very sorry, If only they had known a little sooner, What miracle could pour forth from their already over extended minds. So this is it, one day sitting on a cloud, The next, counting each day on a prayer, And everybody is kindly quiet around me, As though noise would hasten my demise. What of my Creator, is it really true, That 1 could just go without a wish, Drawn back to where 1 began, Without even a sign to point the way. I guess I had better be brave, So that the ones I love will cope; But silence is almost like a trap, A death knell, A voiceless, silent death.
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May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013 at 5:26 AM UTC
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