and center
our sad eyes
watch you fade
into nursing home
bed sheets and blankets
hearts break
with every
embattled breath
everyone
just trying to keep you
in some
sort of comfort
as you fidget and fuss
propped up and down
moved about
like a rag doll
not very long ago
life was a bit more
normal
now your ravaged body
and busy brain
are totally out of sync
I didn't know you long
yet your life
has left marks
on my heart
as your final days
loom
all too near
in the dead of night
I try to comfort
your grown son
whose lifetime hero
is leaving
this world
behind
My fiance's 72 year old father's fight with prostate cancer is nearing an end as it has spread.He put up a good fight and had a nearly normal life until about 2 months ago.Bed bound now his final days are agony to watch for his entire family and wife.I have only been a part of this family for 7 years and never watched a slower death like this , it is hard to witness.
