Terminal illness

Category: Writers Block

Post 1 by Devious_Britches (smarty pants) on Wednesday, 21-May-2008 19:58:20

There's a monster in the dark,
he tries to take my breath away,
and steal the thing inside my heart.

There's a monster in the dark
He plays in the shadows
and writes my name on his soul.
He has many names, sometimes none at all.

There's a monster in the dark,
he deals out the pain and feeds on my tears,
as I wish on shooting stars,
but all my wishes fall on deaf ears,
they get granted to other souls.
So I sit here with the monster in the dark all alone.

There's a monster in the dark,
He wants to drag me from the light and pull my life apart.

There's a monster in the dark he wants to take my breath away and steal the things inside my heart.

Post 2 by Phasia (Generic Zoner) on Friday, 11-Jul-2008 4:22:28

Damn, man, do you know how that gives someone the chills? Shit!!! This is kind of a personal question ... and please don't answer if it hits too clos to home ... but do you have cancer or something, or know someone that does? Because I just cut my hair, and i'm going to give it to that place that takes hair ... I forgot the name. Anyway, I just thought I'd ask. I hope, if things aren't so great right now, that you're doing all right despite possible difficulties.

Post 3 by Devious_Britches (smarty pants) on Monday, 14-Jul-2008 23:09:27

No I don't know anyone with cancer. I do have a few friends that have terminal illnesses. Then again Life is terminal at times. That is cool of you that you are going to donate your hair for a cancer patient. Might want to check out http://www.makeachildsmile.org/ if you like to do things like that. This place you can send cards and such to terminally ill kids. Give them sort of a friend ya know. It's a good place. Thanks for your reply.

Post 4 by SunshineAndRain (I'm happily married, a mom of two and a fulltime college student.) on Wednesday, 23-Jul-2008 16:24:04

My mom has cancer. It's ovarian cancer, but it's now traveled to her brain. She is not a very expressive person, so I don't always know what she's going through inside. When I read your piece, it made me cry. This must be what she's going through. This feeling of hopelessness and helplessness. It really made me aware of what we as non-terminally ill people sometimes take for granted. It really made me think. Thank you.

Post 5 by torian princess (The original Blakanadian.) on Sunday, 27-Jul-2008 12:06:06

Maria, you have a way with words that is striking. I love this, as usual.