cancer...

My world slowly crumbles in on itself
like a wave crashing in slow motion.
Emotions like the fragile walls of a sand castle
implode in a catastrophic collapse.
Hope slowly fades like a lost friend;
its face quivers in the shimmering shadows
of my memory, and the curtain slowly
closes in.

I don't turn my back just yet;
I can't let go of that whispering desperation
to just cling on a little longer.
A tender, nearly silent whimper...
Squinting to restrain the inevitable tears,
I quietly, imploringly beg for a miracle.

Please not again. Just prove it to me...
just this time.
I might just withstand the last shattering wave,
the final punch. I can't
blow out the candle yet.