Awaiting the Inevitable

I found this poem I'd written in my personal box, it is a poem I'd written when my mother was diagnosed with Lung Cancer (small cell carcinoma). She'd already beat Thyroid Cancer and Ovarian Cancer, but the last one got her. This is a poem I had written, trying to give her strength and courage to continue her fight. I was also trying to convey how much she meant to me and everyone else. I wanted her to beat it, as did everyone else! She didn't even make it a year after their diagnosis. I wrote this in 1999 when I moved back from Reno, Nevada to be with my Mom and family. She died on January 24th, 2000. R.I.P. Mom


Awaiting the Inevitable

A year has passed
Since we were told the news
Of how you'll be going
Before your time is due

I'm still not sure
If I have comprehended
The loss that will come
My time with you suspended

I don't want to mourn you
While you are still here and able
Yet it hurts so much
Awaiting the inevitable

Mother I love you
Please don't go
Fight this demon away
Be the first to say no

Don't let it overcome you
Nor bring you down
Stand up for your rights
Kick it to the ground

Cancer is uncaring
Unfeeling of our sorrows
Growing and feeding
Trying to take you tomorrow

Show it whose boss
Brush it all away
Make the headlines
"Mom fought off cancer today"

I know it is hopeless
Yearning this way
Yet I cannot help it
I want you to stay

So make them all liars
Prove them all wrong
You have more time
Their hypothesis is wrong

Live longer and happier
In these last years
Show them remission
Show them no fears


By Samantha Broaddrick
Copyright © 1999






In Loving Memory
Rest In Peace
I Miss You So Much Mom!

Melba Eileen Johnson (Broaddrick) Glenn
October 7, 1951 - January 24, 2000