Poem: Carcinema
Published 1 year, 1 month ago in My life.Carcinema
The words I whisper constantly
Echo louder as screams
They follow me in the daylight
And haunt me at night in dreams
I dream when my eyes are open
And as I smile and laugh and speak
I dream as I listen to you
My weakness makes me weak
Angels alight in my peripheral
But they never meet my eyes
Do you know how lonely it feels
To win third, second and first prize?
Time flies when you’re covered in them
There’s no escape from this oubliette
I’m dying of you and terminal lung cancer
And they hand me a cigarette.
(C) Lady Chaos 2007
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carcinema ????
as usual great work. (had to look up oubliette, havn’t come across this word before)
Thanks
Carcinema - a combination of the words “carcinoma” (cancer) and “cinema” (a place for fun), showing how bad feelings can quietly take over the good ones, like a tumour.