Cancer Steals

Cancer steals. It is a vicious thief,

Without any remorse.

It strives ferociously for immortality,

To replace life-blood with itself.

Cancer steals. It is a misanthrope,

Uncaring and egotistical.

Detesting  humanity,

Hijacking people’s identity.

Cancer steals. It is Darwinian,

Survival of the fittest,

A sore loser,

Never playing fair.

Evolving faster than medical imagination.

Cancer steals. It blindfolded

My father. It turned my family

Into desperate, feeble witnesses.

Leaving me with the haunting realization:

I could become one of its random victims.

I want cancer to steal my anger,

But it has been cremated.

I want cancer to steal my sadness,

But it has been buried.

If only I understood all that cancer has stolen,

Then maybe I could take life back.