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akira
Member

since 2002-07-13

Posts 79
Idaho

0 posted 2002-11-07 04:41 PM

I was recently told you will so say goodbye
And i'm trying so hard not to cry

I couldnt believe when you called me and said
The doctors told you had cancer & you would soon be dead

And now you're telling me to say goodbye
I cant say that...i dont want you to die

Every fiber of my being screamed "No"
I begged you tell me it was so

But you wouldnt lie to me, you wouldnt hide what was true
And now my everything in my life is turning blue

You told me you loved me and asked me not to cry
But i cant do what you asked, for your asking me to say goodbye

I dont know how to tell you what I feel
But believe me the tears and pain are real

You've been my best friend for years
you've helped me through my tears and my fears

You told me today that you will soon die
and I cant help you...all i can do is cry

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I was recently told my best friend has cancer...and that she's dying...and it hurts so much...because i cant do anything to stop it...but i want her to know that i love her so much...and if i could i'd take the cancer away...

I'm so diane...i wish i could help...i really do...your my best friend...and you have helped me through so much...and now there is nothing i can do to help you...

Wind

Member Elite

since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

1 posted 2002-11-07 04:44 PM

Oh, I'm so sorry.... I know what it is like to lose a good friend. Just keep your head up.

majnu

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since 2002-10-13

Posts 1088
SF Bay Area

2 posted 2002-11-07 05:06 PM

your poem is touching and your situation is so very sad. i know little of what to say except that I know a small bit of what you feel. for me it was a beloved aunt, not cancer, something else, but sudden and painful all the same.

while my words are of little solace the words of a giant may be of more.

below is the most famous of dylan thomas' poems. he wrote it for his father who was dying a slow painful death by cancer; may it be of some help to you and your friend.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

-- Dylan Thomas

Connel

Senior Member

since 2002-11-04

Posts 736
Florida, USA

3 posted 2002-11-07 09:45 PM

akira,

I am SO sorry.. My grandma had cancer. along with just about every other relative i had.. But just remember.. That death sets us free. And we are always here for you. Express your feelings. And let it all out. It what made me feel better.

I wish to become a great poet some day, but it will only come in time. Til then, I shall write my poems, and wait.

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