Dear Cancer,
Fuck you. With a capital F. 
I get that death is the cycle of life. What I do not get is why, despite pouring billions of dollars into research, we can't eradicate you.I do not get why you keep robbing us of people suddenly and unexpectedly.
I understand that death is a part of life. I do not get why you have to come in and swoop down on those who are just beginning a new part of theirs. Like the fates snipping the thread.
You took someone who spent his entire life providing comfort and a voice for those who are most marginalized. And he planned to do it after retirement, yet you couldn't wait to get your hooks into him.
I am told anger is part of the grief process. I'm fucking angry. I am also sad, because I emailed someone yesterday about meeting whom I will never meet again - at least in this life. Because having watched other two people very close to me die of your filth, slowly and painfully, and having lost others when I was too young to know what was going on, I just feel helpless.
I would never wish you on anyone. But why do you go after the saints among us?
