Just Watching
The world is going by
Everything slowed down
Since that last sound
Providing me the words
I don’t want to hear
Cancer is near
Just Watching
Wondering about this thing
It is inside of me growing
How did I not even know
That this thing was a being
Growing within me
Cancer is a part of me
Just Watching
Everything change instantly
Couldn’t even imagine
That I just learned of this thing
Somewhere inside of me
Plotting to destroy me
Cancer within me
Just Watching
Taking everything in
As if the world is suddenly new
Things just don’t feel the same
Even when someone calls my name
So unexpectedly
Cancer growing in me
Sy Bryant 