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I Won't Answer the Grim Reaper Yet
by Felix LeRoy Perry → (All Poetry by Felix LeRoy Perry)
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Sorry folks I'm having rough night and thought it might help to write about what happened earlier tonight..

I Won’t Answer the Reaper Yet


 


I kiss the icing encrusted cheek of the birthday girl and reluctantly set her down


The pain has increased and seems to thrive on the chaos in the room


I go to sit and the pain tears through my chest like a jagged piece of glass


Clutching I start to fall and in my head I see visions of gloom and doom


 


The couch breaks my fall and the room quiets suddenly to a deathly silence as I topple


All except the birthday girl, she laughs wondering what new game I am playing


Things spinning through my head in wispy tendrils of thought as I ask for Nitro


Frantic searching and finally someone hands me the bottle and I’m spraying


 


Pain subsides and hides back in its secret locker, not my time just yet


Time to sneak away and rest till I can breathe the air of painless submission


Kiss the child one quick hug then bye-bye into the darkened quiet of my room


The reaper called by I ignored his invitation in favour of one more remission.


 


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 Reviews of "I Won't Answer the Grim Reaper Yet"
Reviewed by Monette Bebow-Reinhard (Reader)
Reviewed on January 30, 2005
Well penned thoughts of mortality and the desire to take just one more breath - to push away the birthday child of age and linger in the sun. I loved this, you keep writing. You've got your reason to exist. Thanks!
Monette

Reviewed by Nila Jamier (Reader)
Reviewed on January 29, 2005
I hope your feeling better Felix {prayers} Hugs take care this is nice to know when you can share amongst friends.Nila

Reviewed on January 29, 2005
scary write, hope you are not going to leave yet, felix...we need you here! you take care; you are in my prayers!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in tx., karen lynn. :(

Reviewed by D May (Reader)
Reviewed on January 29, 2005
Felix--frightening images here. There is still so much that you have left to offer...so many more lives that you need to touch.

Reviewed by Lisa Hilbers
Reviewed on January 29, 2005
Felix,
Don't you dare answer that call! We still have a poem to write, remember?
I know how frightening those spells can be. Throughout my whole childhood, my Father had them frequently. He was never a well man, but managed somehow to live to 72, before finally answering his call, but I can't count the number of times, I had to dig in his pocket for that tiny bottle of nitro, put them under his tongue, while calling an ambulance.
My prayers are with you my friend..now go lay down and get some rest!

Lisa

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on January 28, 2005
A powerful and intense expression that comes from "being there." I send you my positive energy, Felix. Take care. Love and peace. Regis

Reviewed by karen beecher (Reader)
Reviewed on January 28, 2005
I knelt and said a prayer for you tonight. Please take care of yourself, it would not be the same without you and your writings. God be with you my friend. Karen

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on January 28, 2005
i hope all is well with you ... the aftermath of your experience really screams out in this intense poem ...

Reviewed by Judy Lloyd (Reader)
Reviewed on January 28, 2005
I hope you will be all right too but at least get yourself checked out man. It could just be stress or it could be that you need to rest. Whatever because I would miss you here. Okay and that is the nurse in me talking.

Reviewed by Linda Hill
Reviewed on January 28, 2005
I hope you are allright , my friend. Take care of yourself! I pray for you always.

~Linda

Reviewed by SHERRY HEIM
Reviewed on January 28, 2005
Whew, Felix...those calls must really be frightening. I have known others who had them and I always felt like I had to keep an eye on them, which they always hated. We all age and with age comes ailments. I wish you long life and will say a prayer for you.
Take care,
Sherry


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