With heavy feet and weary heart
he walked slowly past the flower cart
Yesterday he would have stopped
but not today - as one tear dropped
Knowing that no one would notice his pain
mixed artfully in with the downpouring rain
His thoughts reflected his loss once more
That familiar feeling he'd experienced before
Inside his house he bows to his knees
hoping that God would hear his pleas
to turn back time or make this a dream
a horrid nightmare or so it did seem
For three short years they shared the best
a world of love filled with hopefulness
Until the day a diagnosis changed their life
forever altering the future with his wife
He prays for strength to help her fight
to ease her pain and not show his fright
While marking the days until he awakes
from this nightmare that cancer creates.
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Written March 16th, 2004
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MY family too has been struck by this accursed disease.
I've lost several members to it.
So I understand what must go through one's mind as they watch it take away someone that love day by day.
Well said and well done!
Keep penning on one stroke at a time!
Bill -
excellent
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hmmm....sure draws a responding note from my heart. I was with my last girlfriend for THREE years when we found out SHE had cancer. I nursed her along for another year, saving her in emergency rooms twice, ordering moronic doctors around who stood gaping while she lay in mortal distress (to this day, I still wonder that I didn't go to jail for threatening the doctors if they didn't follow my orders EXACTLY since they seemed to have no clue whatsoever as to how to help).
Hopefully, the man in this poem will get to live through a different ending than I.
Nice write.
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oops i just realised i commented twice...nevermind it was worth two comments!...leanne xxx
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it's been a while since i saw you around...i do hope that you are keeping well....this poem is beautiful in its sadness....throughout my battle with cancer i have always felt that it has been harder on the people i love to have to watch me go through it than it has been for me....wonderfully written but then i expect nothing less from your magic pen!...hugs...leanne xxx
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Beautiful and painful!
Great write my dear.
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This is so powerful and well written. It stirs the emotions making my eyes sting...very vivid piece. Amazing write.
Sam
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Rhythm, rhyme and flow superb, but such a tearful, loving, desperate, heartbroken poem I felt like crying however men don't cry so I just wiped my eyes and blew my nose. I think this is one of your best writes Gypsy. Congratulations, jean
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A poem so bittersweet and sad it pulls at one's very hertstrings... Its so powerful and touching. Very, very well written.
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I think I needed to read this poem today to be touched by its strong emotions. We often forget the people who are faced not by a diease but by the pain and anguish of coping with it everyday seeing a loved one suffer and become weak day by day and at the same time live with the all consuming fear of the inevitable loss, it is not a question of if but when, and the when comes closer with each passing moment. A very touching write indeed. like the tears and rainwater my pain merges with his.
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awesome
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omgs this is so sad and beautifully written. It made me cry. powerful piece dear.
Gypsy
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So sad, yet beautiful in the love that they shared when they could.
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Sad, but with the right kind of humanity....
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Your words definitely strike a chord~
Tug at the heart~
Wish this man and woman the best through this trying time~His wife the strength to fight~
Thank you for sharing this piece sweety~
Appreciate YOU~
Big hugs and much love~Desire
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this is so beautiful for everyone to read...especially those that can relate and I think your words shall be cherished for a while... They are pleasant...
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this is a fantastic write...as you probably know i can relate sooooo so well to it having fought the big "c" for the last three years....this is beautifully written and shows that the pain is not only felt by the person with cancer but often the people who love that person too...i have always said that the last three years have been harder for my family than they have for me....i loved this poem sweetie!...hugs..leanne xxx
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A poem capturing the daily play all over this world. Cancer is a vicious robber, not only stealing strength from the victims, but the untold millions who suffer with their loved ones as well. You have created a poignant reminder of how precious relationships are that stick together, "in sickness and in health." Wonderful job.
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the great seperator of love, it invades beneath the skin and wraps its tendrils of finality around the heart and hopes of all who love the one inflicted, and slowly life ebbs as the mass spreads, and the doctors hem and haw, but the cancer just tremors and shifts and collects real estate that soon will be dead landscape with flowers that will only bloom far above...I hate this disease. and am sure it will get me someday for my hatred of it....Artis
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Gypsy, you never cease to surprise me with your profound words. This is such a sad story, one that I wish to never experience first hand. Like they say, God has a plan for all, and though it may seem like such a cruel one, it is His. This was but another brilliant piece my dear.
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So very sad Gypsy. There are many stories similar to this one but few so well written that it holds the reader spellbound from one end to the other. Makes me want to kneel and pray with them. Loveya, jean
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Hi Rita
What you have woven here is a tale of undeniable sadness--and courage in the face of an atrocious adversity. Cancer has stolen quite a few people in my family--including both of my maternal grandparents. I want to cry after reading this, because I miss them so much.
There are some that don't resign to the disease, however, just keep on fighting...those who have something to live for, like a wonderful lover, or children. (sigh) It's hard to even think about death without cringing, in my case. I swear... I do not know what's wrong with me today. I guess I have traces of sadness in my life again. 
I adore this poem. I hope that the nightmare is reversed for this person.
Many blessings,
Raven Aurora
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Wow - absolutly heartwrenchingly beautiful, really well written, it flows so simply and eloquently, and just so very very touching!
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