The Unbearable Indifference Of Death Poem by guillermo veloso

Cancer took you today
My friend, as cancers will
Quickly, patiently and without malice
But took is probably the wrong word
Wrestling this sullen angel like Jacob, you waged
Battle on the road, struggling in fever
Strong of heart and hot of spirit
Smaller than when you began you left with
Death and life, those inseparable lovers
The angel stronger by a hair,
Embraced you
Claimed you
Took you
For her own