Wednesday 12th March 

How can it be?
Ten years have passed
Since you were here
And breathed your last

Chemotherapy's toll
Finally took your life
Testicular cancer
Had spread so rife

So very much missed
No tomorrows for you
Your future dashed
So unexpectedly too

We miss you so much
Your smiles and laughter 
Unfortunately for you
No happy ever after

It was going so well
But treatment was brutal
You took it in your stride
The whole kit and caboodle

Hickman line fitted 
Etoposide, Cisplatin 
Vincristine, transfusions 
Bleomycin, Carboplatin 

Three and a half months 
Tolerating the pain 
The sickness, the hair loss
The merciless strain

The tumours in lungs
And those in the brain
Were surely shrinking
Cancer cells were slain

But on that Thursday night
You left this world
Your pain all forgotten
As angel wings unfurled

Yet laughter echoes still 
Smiles linger near 
Though tomorrow faded 
We hold you so dear 

And then came that day 
A sorrowful release 
Wings lifted you gently 
To infinite peace 

We miss you dearly 
Your presence, your light 
In our hearts, you remain 
Shining ever bright 

No matter how long 
As memories replay 
It will always feel 
Like yesterday 

Darling Angel son 
Now forever young 
xxxxx