Miracles and Wonders
Cancer poetry
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THE ROAD
MY CANCER IS BACK
It is an all too familiar path that I must travel on once again.
This is the second recurrence of the cancer for me.
One that is very difficult and hard to walk on,
And I have to do chemo for the third time.
Covered in rocks of various sizes so that I must go slowly
Cancer has been the hardest thing I’ve had to deal with in my life.
And even then the larger stones sometimes cause me to stumble and fall.
And going through chemo treatments is the hardest part of that.
I do not step off the road although I want to because I know I have to reach the end.
I wish I could wish it all away and go back to the time before this
There have been many twists and turns and I can only believe more will come
Or jump ahead to a time when I’m no longer in treatments.
But I can never make out if the road is any smoother or easier up ahead,
I can only hope that one day that will happen.
Because I have to concentrate so hard on the part that I am on.
But for now, I can only think about getting through each day
It is a well worn trail that many before me have gone but yet
And of all the others who have made it through their treatments,
I am alone struggling along the path with God as my companion.
And trust that Jesus will get me through my treatments once again
I get a more tired and worn after each day’s journey,
And that although each day doing chemo may be a struggle,
And hope and pray that the next bend will be the last and lead to the finish,
That one day I will be done with my treatments,
But for now, I must think only of the part I am on.
That all I must do at the moment is get through the moment,
One step in front of the other, careful that I don’t fall, mindful that the end is just ahead
And I will make it to the day when I am done with cancer.
And that I can reach it.
Forever.
Debra Lemke - 2008
MY CANCER IS BACK
It is an all too familiar path that I must travel on once again.
This is the second recurrence of the cancer for me.
One that is very difficult and hard to walk on,
And I have to do chemo for the third time.
Covered in rocks of various sizes so that I must go slowly
Cancer has been the hardest thing I’ve had to deal with in my life.
And even then the larger stones sometimes cause me to stumble and fall.
And going through chemo treatments is the hardest part of that.
I do not step off the road although I want to because I know I have to reach the end.
I wish I could wish it all away and go back to the time before this
There have been many twists and turns and I can only believe more will come
Or jump ahead to a time when I’m no longer in treatments.
But I can never make out if the road is any smoother or easier up ahead,
I can only hope that one day that will happen.
Because I have to concentrate so hard on the part that I am on.
But for now, I can only think about getting through each day
It is a well worn trail that many before me have gone but yet
And of all the others who have made it through their treatments,
I am alone struggling along the path with God as my companion.
And trust that Jesus will get me through my treatments once again
I get a more tired and worn after each day’s journey,
And that although each day doing chemo may be a struggle,
And hope and pray that the next bend will be the last and lead to the finish,
That one day I will be done with my treatments,
But for now, I must think only of the part I am on.
That all I must do at the moment is get through the moment,
One step in front of the other, careful that I don’t fall, mindful that the end is just ahead
And I will make it to the day when I am done with cancer.
And that I can reach it.
Forever.
Debra Lemke - 2008