When contemplating the death of a suffering loved one, consider...many times there is a beautiful relief to a welcomed end. Death can, in many cases, offer more forgiveness and compassion than a burdensome life outlived.
Wrestling with her sheets, like thoughts
wrapped around her worn and swollen body
exposed.
Exhausted
She musters a smile and a bed song.
Words unheard from the footprints on her soul
that inexplicitly rise up
weightlessly floating in the heavy, stale air...
Beautifully fluttering like a butterfly past each
complaint, fear, and regret;
past the hallway lights shining above each door,
beyond the ear of the night-shift staff,
to the garden, just outside her bolted window.
Where it rests for an eternity on the petals of a white antique rose...
Very sad write with many memories but so much truth in the verses. Keeping one's dignity is so important. Welcome to Authors Den. Peace, Love and God's Blessings Always, Paul.
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Edwin
Very sad write with many memories but so much truth in the verses. Keeping one's dignity is so important. Welcome to Authors Den. Peace, Love and God's Blessings Always, Paul.