It Is Malignant.
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
I can waste a body
I can shatter dreams
I can raise my threat
Through a thousand schemes.
I can rob a home
I can stunt a life
I can tear the bond
Of a man and wife.
I can pull the blind
Down on hope or joy
And the neighbours’talk
I will oft’ employ.
I am given more
Than my powers are due
I just feed on fear
And the schemes come true.
I am named with awe
In the Hall of Waste
I have Slewfoot’s praise
Seen him face to face.
I have often heard
When their end is nigh
How they doubt their God
How they curse the sky.
But it troubles me
That a few gain power
As they choose to smile
In my meanest hour.
As they give loud thanks
For a life to date
And they lean on Christ
For tomorrow’s fate.
(Cancer’s retrospective)
About this poem
Written many years ago when I was compelled to study scriptures on healing in Faith. Little did I know that prostate cancer would visit me in 2017 requiring radical surgery. Excellent treatment in Hamilton and recovery. God is good.
Written on May 12, 2010
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 24, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 24, 2023
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