haunting. this gave me the chills. many of my loved ones have had cancer. its terrible.

Deeply saddening, but intricately described.

Aww, it's so sad... :'(

well, it made me cry. that awkward surprised crying when you pretend you're only this way because you have a cold.

aw, thats really sweet. to me the middle part seemed a bit rushed, but it could have just been the way i was reading it. i really loved the ending tho. i've often thought about what i would tell MY friends if i got cancer. so yeah... great poem.

Wow, that is amazing. So heartbreaking. I can definitely relate to this, as my mom had cancer a few years ago. I love the verb 'smudging.' I think it's a great action verb. I also like the image of paper thin hands (works well with cancer imagery) and cold explanations pouring out of the girl's mouth. Just beautiful.

wow.. so sad and beautiful.. less abstract than your usual stuff, but still pwoerful

oh thats so heartbreaking kind of like a feelign close to i dont have cancer (thankfully).

waiting is the only second worst reality.

breakingly beautiful

This struck home dear citrus, a friend of mine in high school had cancer and he passed away a few months later.

It was one of the saddest experiences of my life, and this poem just... just wow.

Even though it was in a chicks POV... I took it as his for a few moments.

It was tragic and beautiful of course because your writing has great imagery. I Liked it alot.

Write on as LPC would say!

this gave me chills. striking, so so sad. i love the way you put this together with only subtle observances, not harsh point-blank words. the plastic part was my personal favorite. i love the image i get from that. great poem, & glad you're back.

This is so sad :(

I know what it's like to be on the recieveing end of that... my mom's best friend has cancer, and it never really hit me until I saw her when she lost all her hair...

It's a horrible disease, but you wrote it well. Great job.

wow. entrancing. very shocking and the ending floors me. good job. wow.

"she had cancer."

i'm speechless.

superb. your enjambment of the lines makes the poem seem like it is set in a scenario where everything is coming too fast-perfect for this poem.