She sits there with empty blank eyes,
She sits there with empty blank eyes,
She sits there with empty blank eyes,
She sits there with empty blank eyes.
Each breathe is a struggle,
Each breathe is a struggle,
Each breathe is a struggle,
Each breathe is a struggle.
Gasping for air is gasping for life,
Gasping for air is gasping for life,
Gasping for air is gasping for life,
Gasping for air is gasping for life.
I watched her lay in there in her last hours. We all stood around wondering when it would happen. My two cousins, their father, watching their mother slowly depart. My sister was present and so was I. When I entered, I said "Hi." She could not respond but she could hear, the last time she would ever hear.
She wasn't old but she looked very frail. Thin and weak, no strength in her body. My uncle was silent, holding her hand. He did not speak, he could not cry.
No more cancer,
No more cancer,
No more cancer,
No more cancer.
At 11:45pm on November 15, 2007, no more cancer.
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