#cancer poems on Hello Poetry

Gideon Mar 8

It spreads through her like the cancer in her bones.
It takes her strength, but supports her weakness.
She tries to **** it with therapies and medicine,
but it grew back stronger every time. It is her.
A part of her she couldn’t cut out or off.
It is killing her and hurting those around her.

#cancer #abuse #weakness #bones

Prabhu Iyer Feb 25

cancers

Is it the heat that is spreading
hidden among us
vortices
birthing in our bodies?
The climate: it never changes,
it is not man, but Sol:
the winds that power our earth;

We must deny everything we do;
The heat out there -
vortices in here -
Man did not cause it
Sol cannot cause it -
who never existed,
but for the true God

Not true; Not true;
But the cancers,
they grow;
But our cells, they
cannot hold a lie well;

#climate #cancer #vortex #sol #god

Zack Ripley Feb 16

Not necessarily

Love. Life.
Birth. Death.
Cancer. Pain.
Something I hope you keep in mind
is how you react to stressful events
is not necessarily a reflection of you
as a person or guardian.

#love #life #birth #death #cancer #pain #poetry #short #notnecessarily

apricot Feb 14

Roscoe

In quiet rooms, your barks fade,
A shadow left where memories wade.
A battle fought with weary grace,
Now emptiness fills your gentle space.
Time moves on, yet still I grieve,
For every moment I can't retrieve.
Though cancer stole what I held dear
I love you still

Sadly, I just lost my second dog to cancer.....again....

#dog #death #grief #cancer #sad #disappointed

Jonathan Moya Feb 10

The Moon in Cancer

Exhausted, endured,
my veins
touch the moon's hope—

this faded celebration
that keeps clinging
to possibilities beyond—

amongst these pallid faces,
silent companions,
the burdened

looking down this
sterile room,
pale walls,

who surrender
to sleep so easily,

unheedful of this
moon child

listening to only
the comforting whisphers
just ahead.

#cancer #hope #life #exhaustion #resilience #comfortamidstsufferingmoonchild #themoonincancer

DKN Nov 2024

You deserve mine

Your silent surrender
awakens the core of my being
Your beautiful eyes
they are the keys to my soul
they open me from within
Your talk is weak
but your voice is strong and heard
I don’t deserve this life of mine
but you certainly do

#cancer #life

Slugish Nov 2024

Your words left a crater

Your words left a crater
A crater that cannot not be filled
You were old
You were sick
You were dying
You were fighting
Fighting the battle you knew you would lose
And the words you last spoke.
The last words that your voice ever carried
The words you spoke with your last breath
The words you said in a whisper
They haunt me,
Yet they comfort me
"You're special to me and I hope you know I love you dear"
You paused and looked out the hospital window
"No matter where you are. I will be watching from the sky."
These were that last words you spoke
and they broke me
I want you back
But the reaper was there waiting for his chance to claim you.

THIS WAS NOT RECENT!
THIS ALL HAPPENED AROUND 2018-2019

#reaper #sadness #broken #young #cancer

Slugish Nov 2024

The last time I seen you

For the last time I saw you
For the last time we spoke,
You were sick
I was young and didn't understand.
Until.
Until you passed.

You were dying,
I didn't know

The feeling of your hands on my back was comforting,
The way you told me everything was okay when they fought
The way you held me and covered my ears.
You fought the battle you knew you would never win
Yet you acted as if all was okay
You acted as you were not sick

You stayed strong for me
For me and the young ones
You were our savior.

Mom blames her problems on you
Because you left us
and I tried to tell her
I tried to tell her you fought the battle you knew that you wouldn't win
And your strong for that
I love you ♥
I'm always looking for you
Flying overhead
Your wings spread wide
Your halo shining so bright
Your smile every time we came over
I want to see you again
we had so many memories
But I knew eventually
Eventually this would happen
It didn't matter if you won the battle or not
you would pass one day
you would be in a place of peace and painless
I love you ♥
(❁´◡'❁)

Cried whilst writing this :(

#cancer #loss

Her Nov 2024

how can the universe be so cruel

if there is a god
somewhere far away
how does he
make these choices
how does he
take life from us
how does he
decide what is bad

if there is a god
somewhere far away
i hope he hears
my screams tonight
i hope he sees the hurt
in my chest

if there is a god
somewhere far away
how can he be so cruel

#hurt #cancer #sad #sadness #depression

Walter Rivas Nov 2024

Lie in Wait

It slowly creeps in the shadows undetected
All the while everything on the surface seems fine
Even as the body fights it becomes subjected
To something sinister that at first seemed so benign

The fatal disease then spreads quickly without control
Destroying and consuming everything in its path
Even though warning signs may whisper it to the soul
The mind doesn’t want to realize it or do the math

The victim becomes brittle at the core, to the bone
Not realizing what it’s done until it’s too late
And all the medicine won’t help because they are prone
To the laws of nature and spirit as they lie in wait

In society the therapy for hate should be love
Compassion and empathy can be infused to endure
For in the final days those who ignored will not get rid of
The pain of wasted time when they could’ve found a cure

#cancer #society #hope