emotional back-breaker......
death can so easily snap what was once whole
I see my old friend smiling in my mind
I see the elfin glint in his eyes
and I'm satisfied that I didn't go
to the sterile hospital room to see the pain
to see the tubes down the throat that prevent speech
to see the drugs drip through the IV's
that deaden and distort the life of the person
I once knew, and I know he doesn't need me there
And I just keep thinkin', if I just concentrate hard enough
I can make him come back, if only I could better focus
but no invocation can raise the dead
and no mind-tricks can raise my spirits
though I do find a bit of comfort knowing that my
Friend's Spirit has risen, 'cause I know without a doubt he grabbed my foot
the other night when I was lying asleep in bed, to Waken me
to let me know it's okay
so live in peace in your new home Henry
thanks for clearing up my concerns
only bodies stop working
only bodies stop working
only bodies stop working
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading
you may end up where you are heading
Re: only bodies stop working
I was there too - watched my dad exhale for the last time, watched the lights behind his eyes go out, watched his chest slowly fall while the last of his essence drained away til there was nothing left in the bed but an empty husk... All that summer we'd ridden a roller coaster with him as he'd lurched from one medical crisis to another, always rebounding, but only partway each time... Like a hill gradually eroded by rain, he crumbled away, from patriarch to a mumbling thing in a wheelchair. Lung cancer - not a nice way to go. Thank Cosmos for dreams, where he still visits me occasionally as he was Before.
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"Falsehood flies, the Truth comes limping after it." - Jonathan Swift, ca. 1710
"Falsehood flies, the Truth comes limping after it." - Jonathan Swift, ca. 1710
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Re: only bodies stop working
the process of physical disintegration, as we witness and try to make contact with the inner dynamo,
a lesson that never quite sticks
a lesson that never quite sticks
Re: only bodies stop working
appreciate the feedback, the stories we share...
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you may end up where you are heading
you may end up where you are heading
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Re: only bodies stop working
This is a moving poem. It evolves into a good place----the grief is certainly not gone but you have come to terms with it. You have transformed it.
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Re: only bodies stop working
thanx dan....always appreciate the feedback
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading
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