She said
and she talked and she gabbed
and she yacked
all the things she needed to say
all the things people needed to hear
But no one would listen
no one cared

In one ear
and out
without a thought

Then she got a sore throat
coughing
a frog
everyone was happy
they wouldn't have to listen
to her for a while

Then the appointment
and the doctors diagnoses
the cancer
She'd never say
never talk, never gab
never yack
again

People wished
she could say
what she needed to say
what they needed to hear
Wished they could listen now