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o.le.crépuscule
Junior Member

since 2007-07-29

Posts 17
partout.

0 posted 2007-07-31 10:15 AM

tears run like tributaries
etching their way through
the wrinkles
that contorted
with each excruciating
intake of breath

god her breathing
was so sharp

burying her head in my shoulder
my skin burned
it burned for everything
she ever stood for

then i walked away
before it hurt for me
to breathe

and so it still
grows
it still rips
at her flesh
and makes sure of itself

makes sure
of
itself

that the job gets done

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

1 posted 2007-07-31 10:22 AM

a painful experience on every level.

I know...

you wrote it in reality...

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

BBGrrl
Member

since 2007-07-17

Posts 181
BC, Canada

2 posted 2007-07-31 11:23 AM

Oh, dear.

Powerful. Real.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2007-08-02 04:36 PM

You have expressed the pain and the reality clearly...James

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

4 posted 2007-08-02 06:17 PM

having watched my sister go through this to no avail~~ I can understand between the lines~~

M

o.le.crépuscule
Junior Member

since 2007-07-29

Posts 17
partout.

5 posted 2007-08-02 06:19 PM

yes, it's difficult, moreso for the people around the afflicted than the actual person with the cancer itself.
i'm really sorry to hear about your sister. it's tough. god bless.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2007-08-02 09:08 PM

Kate,

I know this story, very well.
But I also know in my heart
that my mother chose to go, because
she missed him so much.

Be that as it may, if you ever get
the opportunity to see

Wit

do so.

Your own words will come back to you.

Be well.

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

7 posted 2007-08-02 09:20 PM

~I know this place.....too well~~~
~~~god bless

aziza
Member Elite

since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

8 posted 2007-08-03 12:53 PM

I read this earlier today and came here tonight specifically to respond to this poem. I imagine that many of us have been through watching a loved one die of cancer. I would love to think that I am wrong. But, that is probably a hopeful wish on my part. My father died in this way -- slowly, disappearing from mind and body. You wrote this so well - I saved it to my library. Thank you.

Alison

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