Cancer Sucks Poem by Richard Lackman

Each day is a blessing but with cancer not so much
It detracts from everything I see and do and touch
I may still have my life for now but understand that pain
And fear, fatigue and loneliness forever will remain.

My life is just so different now than what it used to be
My prior peace of mind replaced with harsh uncertainty
And every time I make a forward step I seem to find
I encounter other problems as my health unwinds

When people ask me how I am I always say "Just fine"
But each day is a challenge as I try to re-define
The meaning of my time on earth, my family and friends
Never knowing really where I am or where it ends

This sickness really, really sucks, of that I can be sure
I only want to get back to the way things were before
And yet I know that that is just not possible for me
And so I need to live my life however it may be

So here I go again, another day, another hour
How will I have the strength to move, where can I find the power
I'm tired, just so tired of this illness and my fate
But I'll keep on this happy face and I'll just have to wait.