There was no sign or warning

No writing on the wall

A day like any other …

When cancer came to call

It grew inside your body

A tumour, starting small

In time the doctor told you

That cancer came to call

I fight against the knowing

“It can’t be true,” I bawl

But I can’t mend you, though I try

For cancer came to call

The things I thought were certain

Seen in my ‘crystal ball’

Now lay, hopes dashed and broken

Since cancer came to call

I let go of my feelings

Let all my barriers fall

I must make my own journey

As cancer came to call

I work with my emotions,

The message from them all

Allows me my own healing,

Glad cancer came to call

A sense of peace comes on me

I am as one with all

My love for you is deeper

Now cancer came to call

And as my life moves forwards

I find I’m standing tall

My days are filled with meaning

Since cancer came to call

© 2008, Anne Orchard