“A Forgotten Age”

As we kissed I tried not to think
somewhere within you lay death

sleeping in your heart
or benign within your breast
somewhere within you lay death

As I stroked your hair
Looked into your eyes
with hope for the future unknown

I tried to guess where it may be
curling within your veins
with each beautiful heartbeat

As I sat next to you
both of us oblivious to
I felt it within me too

As we kissed I tried not to think
of such things I tried to imagine
the faces of our potential children

Whilst cancer slept in you
and hypothermia chilled me
We kissed in a forgotten age
and felt young again.

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