Cancer is My Name

By Renee Robinson

I received a one-way ticket from Hell:
“Congratulations. You have colon cancer”
.....stop.....breath.....colon cancer?
“Please watch you step and enjoy your stay”.
....what?.....breathe, remember to breathe.....
As I read the words over again, I was transported into another world.

We are brothers and sisters.We wear the same mask. We are the faces of cancer.
When faced with death, emotions will soar from happiness to anger within a blink of an eye. Had it not been for my musings, family and friends, I would not survive. I talk about Cancer, often metaphorically through my poetry. I slash dragons and chase monsters- all who are named Cancer. I look in the mirror and all I see is Cancer. Cancer consumes me. It becomes my identity. I speak for all who are fighting cancer or hold the hand of a loved one who is fighting cancer. We are brothers and sisters. We travel the same path. We wear the same mask. We are you. You are me. We are Cancer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Renee Robinson
• Release date: Jun 30, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301794799

Renee Robinson

I am in the final stages of metastatic colon cancer. I have just finished my 26th round of chemotherapy. In 2 weeks, I will have another scan to see which organ in my body Cancer has chosen to dance with next. It has been a very difficult time. My writing has helped me to deal with death as if it is some sort of supernatural being I need to fight and expel myself. I have to go deep within myself and find my own inner peace and magic. Writing makes me happy, perhaps it is my armor. Perhaps my story is meant to be shared. Words are Power. Words are strength. Words are my legacy. Words touch the heart, the soul and the spirit. I pray my words help in the fight with cancer. Is it possible words can heal?

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