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Such a Small Casket

June 16, 2010
By thezebrasgray PLATINUM, Taylorsville, Utah
thezebrasgray PLATINUM, Taylorsville, Utah
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Such a small casket, we lay in the dirt,
For worms and moles and beetles to hurt.
Such a small casket can make grown men cry,
And such a small casket makes her mother want to die.

From the prognosis, we knew that in the end she would go,
But when we talked eye-to-eye, I could never tell her so.
The doctors, they tried, I know that they did,
But why couldn’t they save such a pure, innocent kid?

Now my sister is gone, she was only five,
And, oh, how I wish that she were still alive.
I remember when she nearly counted the stars,
She got all the way to eighty-ten, and in the darkness, she had no more scars.

Though the battle was short, it was extremely intense,
But now, at her funeral, I pay recompense,
For all the times that I was not a loving brother,
A child so forgiving, there will never be another.

Cancer’s the devil, this I have concluded,
For what else could kill a five-year-old girl, whose thoughts weren’t polluted?
In fact, she even still knew, stupid’s the s-word.
Such a sweet voice, thousands will never have heard.

“I love you, I love you,” I wish I could go back and say,
On the day when her eyes closed, and in death did she lay.
But now it’s too late, so I must really try,
To get to heaven to see her, and tell her what I meant at the hospital when all I did was cry.


The author's comments:
I don't really have a little sister who died to cancer (my sister's nine and healthy) but i know people who have lost a loved one to cancer and this is dedicated to them.

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friend-less said...
on Aug. 16 2010 at 10:30 am
friend-less, Natick, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

i liked this poem. one of your best.

on Jul. 28 2010 at 11:47 am
MelanieLouise PLATINUM, Plymouth, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
to live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong

i love the end. you feel with every letter and every word. great job. keep writing, Mel

on Jul. 28 2010 at 11:44 am
thezebrasgray PLATINUM, Taylorsville, Utah
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i dont really understand what you're saying... you mean make the poem longer? write more poems like this?

Felicia GOLD said...
on Jul. 20 2010 at 3:57 pm
Felicia GOLD, Chandler, Arizona
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OKAY NEVER MIND. BUT IT IS STILL GREAT.  THE WAY YOU CAN WRITE WITH SUCH FEELING AND SYMPATHY AND ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU DONT EVEN FEEL

Felicia GOLD said...
on Jul. 20 2010 at 3:56 pm
Felicia GOLD, Chandler, Arizona
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this is an amzing poem and you could make a lot more and put in the feeling and love you have for your sister and it is garenteed to be greAT