The document is a collection of poems about a person undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. In each stanza, a line is identified as being the most important. The lines focus on the physical and emotional toll of cancer treatment, the difficulty of saying goodbye to loved ones, and the desire for comfort. Key themes are feeling unwell from chemotherapy, not wanting to be a burden to others, and finding it hardest to leave family behind.

1. Cancer

2. Turn away
If you could get me a drink of water
‘Cause my lips are chapped and faded
When you come out of chemo
your sick and thirsty and just
want to rest and drink water.
I think the most important line is
“if you could get me a drink of
water ‘cause my lips are chapped
and faded’ because he maybe just
came out of chemo and is pretty
thirsty and his/her mouth maybe
feels dry.

3. He/she knows that
he/she is going to die
and wants his/her
brother and sisters to
be still, don’t cry this is
the way things are
going to be.
Call my Aunt Marie
Help her gather all my things
And bury me in all my favourite
colors
My sisters and brothers, still
The most important
line I think is “help her
gather all my things
and bury me in all my
favourite colors my
sisters and brothers,
still” cause

4. He/she knows that
he/she is go to die so
he/she doesn’t want
kiss his/her sisters,
brothers or parents
cause when the time
comes its go to be
hard on them and him
I will not kiss you
Cause the hardest part of this
Is leaving you
I think the most
important line is
“cause the hardest
part of this is leaving
you’’ cause its hard to
leave the people you
love.

5. Now turn away
Cause I’m awful just to see
Cause all my hairs abandoned all my body
He/she is ashamed by the way
he/she looks and doesn’t want
to look in his/hers family's eyes
and see the hurt and sadness.
I think the most important line
is “Now turn away cause I’m
awful just to see” because
he/she is embarrassed by the
way he/she looks and doesn’t
want to have his/hers family
upset by how her/he looks

6. Oh, my agony
Know that I will never marry
Baby, I’m just soggy from the chemo
But counting down the days to go
In this Stanza the artist seems to be
telling us that he will never be able
to love anyone, that he will never
have someone to hold, etc..
I think the most Important line is
“baby, I’m just soggy from the
chemo but counting down the days
to go” maybe he just came out
from having chemo done and he’s
upset and feeling down and the
doctor probably said how many
more days he/she has left.

7. I think the
most
important line
is “it just ain’t
living and I just
hope you
know” cause
he/she doesn’t
want to live
anymore with
the cancer and
having to have
the chemo and
the pain of
his/her family
It just ain’t living
And I just hope you know
That if you say
(If you say)
Goodbye today
(Goodbye today)
I’d ask you to be true
(Cause I’d ask you to be true)
In this stanza the artist
seems to be telling us
that if he/she dies
today he/she wants
you to be true like tell
the truth if you ever
wanted to say
anything.

8. Cause the hardest part of this
Is leaving you
Cause the hardest part of this
Is leaving you
I this stanza the artist is its
hard to leave the ones you
love cause its hard on you
and them.
I think the most important
line is “cause the hardest
part of this is leaving you”
cause he/she probably
doesn’t want to leave
his/hers family.