Ode to Cancer
Kenneth Kee 1947 (Japan)
Ode to Cancer
Cancer you are a deadly disease
On our tissues you choose to feast
By staying in our bodies deep
And invading our organs you cowardly creep
You have taken mothers, daughters, brothers
Fathers, friends and life long lovers
We will fight back to give remedy
To bring back the immune harmony
Hope and Faith we must restore
For all victims who suffer the cancer foe
Help the body and soul join together
To seek peace and fight forever
The legions of the cancer cells with smirks on their faces
We must fight and strengthen each time you attack our bases
To ensure that your cancer existence will soon expire
and ensure our scarred body a good fight to inspire
As we continue this quest we have started
And remember those of us who have departed
So smirk and smile you killer of man
Enjoy your glory while you can
We will remove the smirk from your face
When you realize this is your final and only race
We have cornered you, your race is run
All our cells unite to finish what we have begun
We will fight to the death this awful scourge of man
And clobber this cowardly cancer in the end
We shall clobber this mutant beast
No more our flesh for you to feast
These were days filled with anger
Sad days to be in so much danger
As the days and months went on
Our cells started getting strong
And as we learned to cope
We discovered the meaning of hope.
And we have our friends and family to thank
You are all our angels so much our friend
-An original poem by Kenneth Kee
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Submitted by kwk481 on February 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,441 |
Words | 283 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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