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bowel cancer (Remove filter)

The "C", forever with me.

Once you've been touched by the "C"
You'll no longer ever be freeĀ 
It stains me, sticks with me
I just want to be releasedĀ 
But I'm haunted by this vicious disease
That aims to end lives, make me deceased
We may halt it, but it never truly leaves
It's tangled within me, lingering in my bloody Genes!
You never know what's lurking underneath
Not everything is always as it seems
It steals y...

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