[Allicat]

She lies abed, sickly pale in the morning light which should make her glow from within like she used to. The room smells of her illness. A creeping malevolent stench which makes me want to throw the windows open and let the sky in. But if I do I’m afraid she’ll fly off early. She’s already getting her wings. That’s what I told Meghan anyway. “Mummy’s just getting her angel wings early. That’s what the bumps on her back are, baby angel wings.” I think she believed me. I wish I could believe me. But if anyone will be an angel, it’s my Lora. She’s always been my angel. And she tells me she always will be. My guardian angel. That should be my job. I should be her guardian, her knight in shining armour. But I failed her. I let this horrific cancerous knot take her away. And there it is. Cancer. The “C” word. Friends and family talk about it in hushed voices, as if it’ll get worse if it knows it’s getting the attention. But it’ll get worse anyway. It will steal her from me. And I can’t stop it. I can’t protect the one I Love. I’m useless. I said that to her the other day. She just smiled at me and asked me to take care of Meghan. As if I’d let her go. I could never let her go. She is a part of me and Lora. And soon she will be all that is left of Lora. My beauty. My angel. My Love.

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I seem to have a perchant for writing from the male perspective. Dunno if I'm any good at it though. Let me know and please be gentle! I just scribbled this down in about ten minutes so it's a little rough.
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He who does not eat cheese will go mad. ~ French proverb.

Keeper of the fallen leaves. 'Cos they're still pretty.

[Erin]

It's very well writen. Although I don't think it is too terribly obvious that you are writing from a male's perspective. Not that that's a bad thing I just thought I'd point it out.

[Tenshi]

I agree, it's written from a gender neutral perspective. However, I think it's very well written. It's as if it were taken right from the pages of a book, in which this were the emotionally heart wrenching chapter. Well written, in my opinion! It's easy to sympathize with the narrator.
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Keeper of the Siderean Swords

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Red Skelton