My Son Is Gone
Donnie was born a normal boy
He played with trucks and other toys
But one day when he was three
He fell to the ground unusually
The doctor said a vertebrae
Had collapsed and gone away
I asked in tears for an answer
The answer was "Bone Cancer"
For seven years I watched him grow
Not knowing when I'd see the next blow
One bone after another eaten away
Until there was nothing left: Hooray!
Death a blessing. Torture gone Away.
About this poem
One of my children died of cancer. I will attempt to describe the event and how it affected me.
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Written on June 07, 2022
Submitted by davidg.37672 on June 10, 2022
Modified on April 10, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCCDDEEFFDDD |
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 427 |
| Words | 83 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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