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IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH

Doctor said only one was cancerous

But I decided to get rid of them both

We’ll face this fight together

Hand in hand into the struggle

In sickness and in health

Promises you made to me

You’d stand beside me all the way

Strengthen our binding tie

To keep our family steadfast

In sickness and in health

They shaved my head today

I left the tresses on the floor

Came home hoping for some TLC

But you rejected my new look

In sickness and in health

Now I am dying little by little

From the cancer and from your

Emotional desertion…where are you

Disappearing into your amber liquor

In sickness and in health

You’ve disconnected completely

I can’t find the man I married

No tenderness can I expect

It’s time for you to leave, good-bye

In sickness and in health

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BLOSSOM

So sad Val, a moving write :)

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Valerie Beasley...

Thanks...I was watching a program on women undergoing cancer treatment.  There was one instance where the woman's husband eventually simply "tuned out".  She put him out of the house and she died a few months later.  

val

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