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I am a voice, though only small
for all who hold the reins
As they watch their loved ones battle with the
stresses and the strains
Of a plague that lends no favors to gender or
to race
That silently invades the sacred body without
grace.
"Cancer" is that dreaded curse that changes
lives forever
For not only the affected, but also their caregiver.
I am a voice, who through my
words will bless you with some hope
For caregivers putting lives on hold and thinking
they can't cope
Please take a moment now as I relay what I've
been through
And at the end you'll soon find out that it's
not only you
Who feels your life is overwhelmed, altered
and distressed
As emotions overtake you through a phase of
utmost tests.
I am a voice, to tell you,
I know exactly how you feel
The constant aching in your heart is oh, so
very real.
Sure, you've heard of others out there, maybe
friends who've walked this path
But now it's you and this time you directly
feel it's wrath.
Every person has suggestions, and you're burdened
from the bulk
Heck, at times you even hate them, but you know
it's not their fault!
I am a voice, who's traveled
through the stages cancer brings
Although I'm not the patient, the diagnosis
gave me things
Like emotions that I'd never think were possible
for me
To have in my entire life, but continue on and
see
That cancer changes everyone, right from the
very start
It affects your disposition, your temperament
and heart.
I am a voice, who knows that
"disbelief" is the first wave
Of emotions that sweep over you when diagnosis
has been made.
How could this be? What did we do? There must
be some mistake
For surely it cannot be us, who now are tempting
fate.
Then follows "fear" for us as well, as we feel
we've lost control
The panic, sleepless nights ahead, no one will
ever know.
I am a voice, I know first
hand when "anger" takes it's toll
It's a devastating feeling of 'why me,' emotions
roll
I'm enraged, bitter, exhausted, at the situation
that I'm in
I can strike out at a stranger as my temper's
wearing thin.
I trust that those around me will forgive me
for my acts
I pray that they will never carry what I'm faced
with on their backs!
I am a voice, though sometimes
haunted by the things I've felt inside
When that telephone starts ringing, I just want
to run and hide.
Or maybe someone's come to visit, ooohhhhhh,
why don't they stay away
Can't they understand I'm busy, I don't have
time for tea or play.
Their suggestions drive me crazy, constant questions
and advice
You'll just have to take the lead dear, tell
them "back off," but be nice.
I am a voice, who knows our
friends and families always there
They really only mean well, they intrude because
they care.
But they need to take a step back if they venture
on our sod
For only we can understand, they need to walk
where we have trod.
We are the ones who anxiously await each doctor's
visit, scans and tests
While our loved ones look for courage, we still
must smile and do our best.
I am a voice, "frustration"
haunts me more and more each day
I slash out at my loved ones and I know that's
not the way.
I took my freedom once for granted, now life's
different for I feel
Constant waves of guilt, resentment, my life's
not mine, it's all too real.
You need time for YOU, so make it, ask someone
to take your place
Don't feel like you've abandoned those you love,
that's not the case!
I am a voice, as mother, father,
sister, brother, kin or friend
As caregiver I am challenged to do my best right
to the end.
Even though I've never learned this, the way
to care under such stress
And I'm sure to have misgivings, but I know
I'll do my best.
For in life we all are challenged, faced with
unknowns as we grow
My position as caregiver, is a treasure this
I know.
For I've been given talents that I never would
have guessed
That will serve to do God's bidding and I know
I'm truly blessed.
For He's given me the honor to help my loved
ones in their need
And to bring them hope and courage and for me
to plant a seed
That will grow a field of memories, I could
have run, I had the choice
We're all revered to be CAREGIVERs, now pass
the torch and be a voice!
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