This Cancer

You asked me to tell you the truth

About what I felt inside

This cancer that I've been hiding

Was growing too big to hide

The words that I've been looking for

Were found among my tears

But I've quickly wiped them all away

And hidden them for years

You've sealed my lips with a thousand kisses

Kisses I didn't deserve

I wanted to tell you a million times

But I couldn't find the nerve

So today I finally told you

"I don't love you anymore"

That's when I felt your heart break

It ripped my very core

The cancer suddenly disappeared

And now it sits benign

But still I die a little each day

For you're no longer mine

Reviews

[KAOlmsted]

Interesting. Here you have this inner struggle so powerful you compare it to cancer, then once you get rid of the disease, you mourn it by lamenting the root of the problem is gone...

Nice work.

-kimmer

[Whiskurz]

Thank you my friend......Whisk

[Sheila Kline]

When we are able to get it out in the open, then healing begins...though it may be painful to admit and deal with it. We become aware how much the truth may hurt another, but it is what we must do to move on and heal - though it be a slow process!
Excellent write!

[Patricia B. Hepler]

Tragic. This happens far too frequently in life.
This adage comes to mind : "Be careful what you ask for because you just might get it."
Good write, Whisk~
~pat