So. What`s it like to find out that you are dying

When I think about it alone

I`ll tell you the truth, I find myself crying

We all know theres eventually a death

This we accept without denying

But, to find out your time is near does pull a tear

And about this emotional fact I am not lying

I have recently been told that Cancer has taken hold

Part of being old I guess, to find this condition underlying

There are a lot of feelings I could have had

One would be to be very mad. Along with extremely sad

Any feeling but glad, is what I am implying

Thinking of my death stirs up panic and fear

I am not done being here

Being told I am terminally ill, does give me a chill

Sends my thoughts flying

Fighting this disease may be an up hill battle

But this whole death thing I am defying

A death sentence, I hope this is not

My fondness for life I have not forgot

I am not going to give up this fight without really trying

 

By J.D. Bardo