Cancer

• Samuel Burrows, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2011

Name: Samuel Burrows
Age: 13
Address: St. Brendan-Shaw College
Attn: Mrs J. Aherne
PO Box 436
Devonport TAS 7310
Grade: 8
School: St. Brendan-Shaw College




Cancer
It is heartbreaking.
It’s all over the world.
It effects men, women, boys and girls.

It’s all about love and the people who care,
Even though I can’t feel it, I know it’s there.
I make the beds go up and down,
When patients scream it makes me frown.

It is in my brain, neck and liver.
When I think about it I give a shiver,
It’s gone through my family generation to generation,
The pain, the heartache, it’s no vacation.

Throughout my journey it’s long and straining,
All the time it seems to be raining.
Everyday it’s slowly killing me inside
I have cancer it’s a fight for my life.