Life As I Know It

Life As I Know It

To me you are a voice,
A song and a whisper
To me you are the beauty
I see from outside
To me you are a presence
A soul that speaks life to mine

They tell me you are something else
Some complex machine
Made up of cells
They show me pictures and scans
To show me it is true

They say that one of these cells
Has taken a sinister turn
It grows within you
Like a pernicious spell
Doctors speak of cures
Of killing a disease
But all I can see is that
Life as I know it
Has started to end

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