This is the face of lung cancer

This is the face of lung cancer
This is my mother
This is my children’s grandmother
She used to laugh and smile
She used to be the life of the party

Now she lays in bed
She sleeps with her mouth open
She sleeps with her eyes open
She doesn’t smile
Sometimes she doesn’t even see me when I am talking to her

I have run out of things to say to her
Nothing I say matters
The sad truth is we are waiting for this disease to take her
This is not living and it is certainly no way to die

She didn’t want to tell people it was lung cancer
She didn’t want to believe it
She didn’t want to admit it
She didn’t want it
She felt guilt

My children’s life will be less than it should be
My life will be less
A mother’s love can not be replaced