The Fall of Relatives Part 2: Cancer's Embrace

This is the continuation to Part 1 of this series of poems, describing whom the first was meant to, and how he died.

I have very bad news for the family

The correct diagnosis has been made

I wish this was not meant to be

I wish his name was not meant to fade

From the moment he heard it, he was aware

That the time in this world was coming to an end

Soul full of bravery would never dare

To leave us alone without becoming our friend

More than an uncle, he was a second father 

Who showed a love mother never bothered

Unfair and brutal, a painful weekly treatment

Still he attended in full commitment

Yet still he would join the hordes of innocent

Who falls victim of life’s unfair punishment

You better hurry, prepare the family

We could not prove the diagnose wrong

A certain death had always meant to be

Agony’s screams will certainly be long

Faced the news of the illness with strength

Never lost faith on possible recovery

Yet his torment would not have lasting length

Only weeks later we carried him to the cemetery

A terrible tragedy expands to his beloved

We cry for we know how much he loved

Another just fighter has been defeated

By that which cannot be truly treated

Now his image is nothing but a memory

A reminder of him who we hold so dearly

I wish that this was just a bad dream

Yet begging will not ever bring you back

The rivers of tears continue in a cold stream

The sting of the merciless cancer’s attack

The therapy lasted just a short while

Yet the fact it was short shattered the smile

The hope of the recovery of the innocent

Was destroyed by the unfair punishment

He did not suffer much, yet still he did

I failed to help him when he was in need

For all of my life I will carry the remorse

The guilt and the sorrow are my eternal curse

For just moments before he faced defeat

I gave up my chance to gave him a visit

Now the image of him inside his coffin

Forever remind me of my deadly sin

Another image which turns into a memory

The reminders of him who I hold so dearly

One more victim under cancer’s embrace

The final image of him had a frozen face

Every day I visit his final resting place

Reminding myself of my own personal disgrace

Author's Note

This is a personal poem, describing part of my life experiences throughout the last three years, so please be kind on your review. Thank you.