Not A Daughter

Where illness ends

And you begin

Where illness ends

And you begin

At night,

Confusion worsens,

I become the center

Of hallucinations,

You call,

I come.

These last memories—

Stop hurting me!

Why are you doing this to me!

I am nobody,

Not a daughter,

My face, empty.

Empty as your eyes when you asked me

To end you.

You stopped eating months ago,

You were meant to die months ago,

When the cancer was caused by them.

I wondered when

You would die.

Your mind, a prison.

My last moments with you—

Get out!

Get out!

I am nobody,

Not a daughter,

Empty.