Papi with cancer

Strong man, I've watched you from afar
I could see your brute vitality
what kept you going
I never could say
From a distance
I watched you suffer
alone with your pain
never allowing anyone in
I longed to be a part of your life and that you
would entire mine
in hopes hat we could both
heal our wounds

Strong man, from afar I watched you
slowly wither away
feelings beaten and unloved (under appreciated)
Never really seeing how much I love you
how much I needed you
and wanted you in my life
But rather what I got was the residue of
other people's trampling

Strong man
I saw how Anger became your companion
    my fear and pain
It became the driving force of all around you
and what drove those around you away
I saw how it permeated every quarter
seeping into every unknown crevice
multiplying its infestation
Until it seeped into you
and now rages throughout your body