Terminal (Collab)

by Rachel RTVW   Feb 11, 2007


My body's been invaded by an unforgiving beast,
Devouring my organs, now he'll have his feast.
I've been overdosed with Valium, shot with Methadone.
The beast is unrelenting, pain spills from every bone.
I can not walk, I can not crawl, pain drops me to the floor,
The last time in the hospital was my last time out the door.

I can barely breathe as cancer lives on inside each lung,
Hard to see this as my fate, God I'm still so young.
I lie here in my bed alone, while outside life goes on,
Friends come to visit for a while but then too soon they're gone.
No dreams or goals to help me through the last days of my life,
She couldn't handle losing me, so gone too is my wife.

I've nothing left except for death, nothing left to gain,
Will I be forced to live like this, for death to end my pain?
I didn't ask to be so cursed , to have my time cut short,
The end is here no stopping it, the ball's in the monster's court.
He knows no limitations, no status will prevail,
On the ship of carcinoma, metastasis has set sail.

And so my days are numbered ,who knows how long I'll wait,
For the beast to get the best of me and deliver me to fate.

Collaboration with Debbylyn

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  • 16 years ago

    by David

    Who was the collab with? cindy? random guy next door? who?

    the poem was well done. i must admit that.

    David

  • 17 years ago

    by Gem

    I've already commented on Debbylyn's and i'll probably end up repeating myself, lol.
    But quite seriously, the whole detail of this poem was amazing. It really was. You both really managed to get into the mind of the reader with these words..
    Very well done to the both of you! Excellent collab!
    5/5
    *Gem*

  • 17 years ago

    by Lu

    A wonderfully penned collab!

    It grips my heart and hits it with such extreme impact.
    Thank you for sharing this wonderful read from two truly gifted poets.

  • 17 years ago

    by ben thompson

    Very good write rachel. 5/5 from me

  • 17 years ago

    by Mo

    Ok hang on... *breathe* - I just realised I was holding my breath for the entire time I was reading that poem!! Haha - and sitting with my eyes about 2 inches from the screen.

    Good job - very sad tho. Oh I hate cancer - it is just like the monster that you describe.