Thought about the poem: The poem is an attempt to describe the feelings of a cancer patient...a kid suffering from Osteosarcoma.

Delay

A thought occurred to me That I couldn’t bend my knee Had a pain in my muscle Yet ignored it completely

Kept getting the “medicine” I knew it never would help me And the pain now grew beyond my knee Keeping me in utmost agony

Day after day the pain grew Soon I realized the days left were few Why didn’t I report the day I saw The limp in my walk, the fallen jaw

I don’t wanna take pain along I’m too small to sing this song But, I would say this before parting Just say it, don’t keep waiting..

-- Mukul Godbole