My father was a fighter
But lost his battle to lung cancer
Chemo and radiation weakened his strength
But not his heart, his will was strong
He slowly deteriorated
As I slept in a chair by his side night after night
We spoke of many things; in what time we had
We knew, there was nothing that could have been done
My father cried he could bear no more
They pricked and prodded for a vein
Blood test, Blood test all routine
I broke down inside, but remained strong for him
He was sent home Friday, and returned Monday
It was time and he would no longer fight
The whites in his eyes were yellow
He would succumb to the cancer
His lungs filled with fluid
And was gasping for air on the way to the ER
He was suffering very badly
I prayed to God, please take him from the pain
My father sat there with a tube in his side
He tried to speak, but he was breathless
He looked at me and pointed upwards…
Beyond life here, to the after life, out of here
His heart stopped, he flat lined
and drowned in his own fluid
They tried to resuscitate him, no success
Suffocated and now he is freed
My father was hauled into a cold room
His frail, lifeless body…
He lay before me dead, bruised and battered
By the cancer that took him
His body still warm, the poison stopped flowing
I leaned over, kissed him and said goodbye
But will be in my heart and my life
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