Cancer Took You From Me

Our tragic love story began so many years ago
He was a junior at school, with me in the year below
Love at first sight that grew as the days went past
We had something so special built to forever last

David approached me and asked me to the dance
And from that moment we fell into a deep romance
Both so young with feelings way beyond our years
He taught me how to love and took away my tears

Before I met David I never had anyone who cared
So I learned to appreciate all of the times we shared
I finally found someone who really understood me
He made me the person I had always wanted to be

David made me so happy, I wore a constant smile
It was as if all of a sudden living life was worthwhile
He promised me the world and never failed to deliver
Every time our lips would meet I would begin to quiver

It was three years later when I got the terrible news
Everything I had ever loved I was about to lose
David came to me and cancer was the word he uttered
I could not take it all in, my thoughts were cluttered

How could this happen to a twenty year old man
The spreading of the killer cancer had already began
David said he would fight but he could not be sure
That was the first time our relationship was not secure

Through out his chemotherapy I stayed by his side
Watching him lose his hair and eventually his pride
David could no longer walk unaided and grew so thin
The cancer refused to let go eating at him from within

His skin turned grey and he was on so much medication
After a couple of months he could not have a conversation
I knew then that David would not last very much longer
He was having so much treatment but not getting stronger

I willed him to get better and stayed with him each day
I tried to keep talking to him but did not know what to say
Nothing I could do or say could take away any of his pain
And knowing I could not make a difference drove me insane

Two weeks later it became clear his last day was near
Thinking of life without him filled my heart with fear
I wanted him to live but I also wanted his suffering to end
By then it was obvious the doctors could not mend

The doctors told his parents that he would surely die
They gave their apologies explaining the end was nigh
Anger consumed my body and the thought of his death
How could this be, that at twenty he would take his last breath

Then one day it happened, David slipped away in his sleep
I went into a state of shock but could not begin to weep
Of course I was sad; I just lost the only person I cared for
My sunshine had left my life and the rain began to pour

A week later we buried him in his favorite blue shirt
It broke my heart to watch his body lowered into the dirt
But still I could not shed a tear and I remained as cold as ice
No amount of tears that I could cry would ever be suffice

After David’s funeral that day his mother passed me a note
It was written in his best handwriting and this is what he wrote
“I love you so much and have since the first day that we met
The time we have spent together even in death I will not forget

You were the only person ever that made my life complete
There is no one else on this entire earth that could compete
Do not break down when my end comes please don’t cry
I am sure god has his reasons for causing me to die

I wish I could have stayed with you where I truly do belong
But if you’re reading this letter it means you must be strong
It means I have departed and I am no longer able to be there
But even from the sky remember I shall forever love and care

I will always be right by your side even if you cannot see
So remember you are not just living for yourself but also for me
Live your life to the fullest and always know your worth
And until it is your time to do so do not dare to leave earth”

All of a sudden the realization kicked in and I began to cry
It was right at the moment part of me also started to die
I knew then that I would never get back my greatest love
For god had chosen him as an angel to live in the skies above.