THAT DAY!!!!- ( Another one 4 my son)......

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                               LAST FEW MONTHS OF CURE!

Can you stop acting like a fool please?

If not for yourself, could you do it for me?

If only for the duration we're facing?

The final part, the most important piece:

The part where you FINALLY get cured of this disease!

The point where you'll finally be able to stop fighting!

Re-discover your health, & start doing all you were wanting,

Live the life you dreamt of;

The one you were headed for,

Before this evil disease SNATCHED it all away!

 

I feel guilty in my own wierd way

Feel like somehow I helped you enter the life you now endure;

It was me, after all, that tricked you into seeing your doctor!

It was that action, by me and all we discovered 'That Day';

What illness you had, & what all that entailed;

Chemo, hairloss, denial, despair....

It was ALL down to me, however 'good' my intent!

But all you were planning for, was simply snatched away in a moment!

All your dreams plans and hopes-Just GONE in a few seconds in time!

 

The pain I feel for causing you all this, is now the cross I bear,

And you should know by now, that if I could, I'd take it all away!

Re-wind time, so we can merely skip That Day,

Undo all that was said; all the chemo & hairloss: just write it away!

It'd all be irrelevant, cos there would never have been a that day!

Life would just be carrying on as before;

Before our lives came crashing down around us with one word: Cancer!

 

It would never be the curse you now endure

Because there would be no such thing ever heard of before!

And as it was, up until we saw your doctor

Life would simply continue, the way your were planning it to!

We'd have skipped a day forward in time,

And by doing so left the disease, called Cancer, behind!

So no-one; anyone, would ever have to experience a THAT DAY again!

 

BUT:

You still have to get there yet!

Stop acting like a pratt!

You're dragging my heart behind every wrong move you make;

Every wrong decision you decide to take

Affects me too!

I'm not blind;

I'm the one forced to sit, poweless, watching,

Seeing every mistake you make,

Wondering, if you even realise, that my heart's going to break?

All the time,realising that you don't seem to care!

Nothing means anything, unless it's all about you;

Least that's what I see from my point of view!.....

 

Does this mean I'm just being selfish?

Looking out for numero uno?

I don't feel selfish-I feel scared of all this!

Frightened, while you blunder on, making all these mistakes.

You make me feel so alone; like this is somehow one big game

Or the fact that you'll do this to me, simply  'cos you can!

You're holding all my emotions in your hand,

Haven't you considered that whatever, eventually, all games end?

 

I Still love you-Please open your eyes!

Take the time to realise

That blundering blindly denying it all

Will be your regret, when it goes arse round tit 

And, by default, I'll be dragged into it!

 

Open your eyes and be a Man,

If you really want the happy end!

Nothing comes to those who dont try,

Maybe you should start to help yourself;

No more living in denial,

No more giving up giving up!

Just doing everything as it should.

Nine months, then you'll have your cure,

And you'll never have to look back, because you'll have a future!!!......

Before you get that, you have to face your illness and cure.

Ignorance is only for the weak; for the ones who find it easier to ignore:

But ignorance isn't bliss; not in the long term!!!

I wish you'd open your eyes,

Take off the blinkers,& realise

You have this chance to live the life your wanting,

So grab it with both hands son; it's all yours for the taking!

 

ALL MY LOVE FROM MUM. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Another lovely verse from the heart.

    Christine xx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    i hope you give your poems to your son

    if you hadnt dragged him to doctors how deep would your guilt be now ? how ill would he be now ?

    we all make mistakes .... he sounds quite normal to me .......... a mothers love .....unconditional !

    ((((HUGS))))

    xNx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    i really hope you dont show the poem to your son as you seem to be really having a go at him..you say your son is not a man but at 21 he is a man...every one of us deals with cancer in our different ways....your son seems normal really..you say ignorance is for the weak,yet not everyone wants to know everything....its not weak, everyone is different..im heading towards stem cell replacement...i will have it done but i dont know everything they will do and i dont want to know...if i dont know then i am not sat worried am i ..some want to know every detail...eeek ! everyone is different....best thing would be to have him join the site so we could chat to him...

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Dear Christine R & normally and dear graeme-(i finally found your thread)!-yay!

    Do you know, you all speak your own sense-as graeme says, we are all different....BUT there is denial, & DENIAL!!.....

    You,Graeme,know you're heading for stemcell,& are on this site. Even though you may not want to know EVERYTHING about your impending cure, you have the 'savvy' to realise some knowledge is better than nothing!  

    My son knows he's facing a stemcell transplant......but that's where his knowledge of his potential cure stops! He wont get info. Wont talk about it...Wont really acknowledge that he is having anything done- (until we have another 'specialist day')- A That day!

    I'd love to find someone who is having/or had donated 'CELLS'!...like my son is, cos either he, or me, needs to know; & it has to be me as he wont acknowledge anything!

    He will not look beyond this second in time!!!....

    I do feel helpless, & that causes my frustration & FEAR!  

    I havent shown my son any of my words/poems/blog things; They're mine!-My release!! ...

    Son WILL NOT come on here anyway...He wont even watch ad 4 MACMILLAN on tv...

    He is out now, he is driving me mad with acting like he's well-when really he is anything but!!!

    He is my son..... I want him to be happy!!!  I want him to beat this disease-but b4 he can do any of that-HE has to face it himself...& he's not!  

    After nigh on 2yrs of this I feel helpless/& wornout with it all- Yep,I know son must b 2-but thats the way he's chosing to play it....He can't be a MAN when it suits, then act like a child doing nothing, but denying it to himself-& expecting me to sort it all out when he's crying or scared or worrying!! but that's how its going....

    It's complicated. I love my son so much....I write these 'things'; to get them out of me!  

    If I didnt care 4 son, I wouldnt have to worry, or be on this site-etc,etc.

    I am because im doing it for me and my son...I guess that's what i mean by 'MAN', he cant have it both ways-(the way he's been advised to act, & how he is acting), & get through this easily!

    The fact that he doesnt tell me anything leaves me angry, (cos im scared), & the whole situation is complicated, and filled with confusion & fear, & dishonesty-

    EG:Today: Son slinking off to......who knows where? Not me-he's been out since 10am-ish!

    He goes out-and will just vanish-

    EG: other night said he was 'just nipping over to shop'-(10mins trip over rd)- He came home five hrs later!-

    I was angry-& that's when those words came out that i wrote in blog!  

    It's me who is worried! Me who doesnt know whether my own son's lying to me-or not!!!-(but  usually is i think)! Not an ideal situation......at all.  

    And I HATE that my own child doesnt even respect me enough to talk about his illness, to talk about where he's been or going, where his head is, what his fears are-etc!

    We need to just simply acknowledge, in some way, that this is a time to really be united. Not become all sneaky & secretive....

    Cancer isnt the time for lies-I need 100% honesty to feel assured myself: & it just isnt happening!

    I know we all feel different on this site- But,at least u all had the guts(?-if thats what it is called),to face the unknown, & at least get some support/knowledge for what your future cure entails. Yep, u may not want to know everything, but in the same way, what do u get from knowing nothin?-

    My son knows absoloutely nothing.....

    I think, for the sakes of an extra 9mnths treatment-he could get himself clued-up, & potentially give himself more knowledge, which in turn could only be of benefit to himself...& yes, me too!

    Thankyou all for your comments tho-& I hope youre all feeling best you can...xxx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    (((((hugs)))))

    but

    does it really matter if you/he /us  have the knowledge

    hopefully he is having all the tretment he can get

    and sounds to me as if "in between" or even "during" treatment he is just getting on with his life

    if he didnt have cancer would you want to know where he is every minute of the day?

    i do know how us mums worry .....hey im an expert in worrying ...but.... sometimes we have to step back alittle bit ......just be there to catch them when they fall

    be there when he wants you ...if you let go he may even start opening up to you?

    keep writing your poems tho ...... they r brill !!!!

    wish all the hurt would stop for you /your son /me /my son /everyone

    xNx