a young man is still alive
ten years after his diagnosis
lung cancer stage four
the deadliest of cancers
he did not give up
his doctors are amazed
with help from them and big pharma
he greets each morning
alive, aware and living
~
there is a woman i know
she has a fatal cancer
she remains closeted
in her brooding house
windows dark, days unseen
sleeping through the time left to her
locked in her thoughts
waiting for the end
~
it is not when you go
you have no say in that
it is how you go
you have everything
to say about that
The Ace Hotel Notebook 