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July 12, 2010
By teenbookworm14 PLATINUM, Plainfield, Connecticut
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teenbookworm14 PLATINUM, Plainfield, Connecticut
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"Nothing gold can stay" -Robert Frost

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there is a form of low life
not living, breathing life,
as us,
but a life that is always
scavenging to live
desperate to kill
anxious to infect
inside any human that strays in its path
because it knows nothing else
all it is, is a death machine
trained to spray its venom at any given moment
we study and try to learn
ways to kill this infectious disease,
but we cannot rid ourselves of it
no matter how we try, or what we try
we may buy time, but
all we can do is watch, as it slowly initiates its beacon to attack our
systems
bodies
and our skin
as it spreads,
we become weaker
we cannot suck the poison out,
instead we absorb it
this form of low life,
is called cancer

© Ariana R., New Orleans, LA

The author's comments:
Cancer takes many lives, young or old, and I wanted to show how evil it can be. I wanted to show what it does to our nervous systems, bodies, etc.
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ilove2read124 GOLD said...
on Aug. 31 2010 at 8:47 pm
ilove2read124 GOLD, Dix Hills, New York
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haha welcome, np =D
teenbookworm14 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 31 2010 at 5:25 am
teenbookworm14 PLATINUM, Plainfield, Connecticut
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umm actually now that i think about i guess i was writing about my grandpa who passed away from cancer 2 years ago. this poem just came to me and i didnt even know it was about him til now :) thank you for commenting, keep writing!
ilove2read124 GOLD said...
on Aug. 30 2010 at 8:14 pm
ilove2read124 GOLD, Dix Hills, New York
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yeah, cancers pretty bad, and most people dont get past the sympathetic part, they dnopt get how its an intrusion of the body.if im not intruding, it seems like youre speaking from experience..?it that true, jw haha