- Non-Erotic Poetry
- It started with sunburn
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Click hereIt started with sunburn.
"Nothing to worry about," the doctor said,
while twisting tendrils of disease
lurked deep inside, undetected.
"I can't stop itching."
"Nothing to worry about," the doctor said,
while tendrils grew and multiplied,
spreading the corruption unabated.
Natural defenses faltered, then failed,
while miracles of modern medicine
remained unused.
"Everything hurts inside."
"Nothing we can do," the doctor said.
Morphine and Percozet
create facades of nothing wrong,
while inside, everything is.
"I'm scared."
"I know, love. I'm here with you," I said,
holding a trembling hand.
Surrounded by impotent science,
her eyes closed the final time.
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…"
"She's in a better place with God," the minister said,
but inside my heart
scalpels carved wide and deep.
leaving behind an empty shell.
Like hers, yet I still breathe.
- COMMENTS
Jennifer Calmost 19 years agoand so very sad, a really
lovely deep piece of writing.
thanks.
~ J
Wanton Vixxxenalmost 19 years agoand still lingers there as I type this comment. I can't even imagine how you were able to express these tragic events, but I'm glad you were able to share them with us here today. God bless you and your loved one, Zanzibar. <hug>
Vixxx
Bridget69almost 19 years agoTragically conveys how medical conditions are so often overlooked and how the treatments we rely on can fail us.
Anonymousalmost 19 years agoleaving behind an empty shell.
Like hers, yet I still breathe.
speaks volumes and great depths of the pain of loss...you did well in pulling the old heartstrings....llil/blue
