There are times,
my son,
when the loss of you
shoots home even more
than the darkest of days
in all kind of ways.
The look of you
that final time,
those tired eyes,
puffed jaw,
swollen hands and arms,
and the total betrayal
of the professional staff
with their lack of care
while stayed there.
The moment your heart
flat-lined, the world tipped
upside down,
you gone from us,
links cut, you dead
going around my head.
I could have said more
had I known, if I had that time
with you that day again,
I could have said
how much I loved you,
it's depth and strength,
but I didn't know
that death was near,
my son, my Stoic man,
my one so dead.
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018 at 5:13 PM UTC
There are times,
my son,
when the loss of you
shoots home even more
than the darkest of days
in all kind of ways.
The look of you
that final time,
those tired eyes,
puffed jaw,
swollen hands and arms,
and the total betrayal
of the professional staff
with their lack of care
while stayed there.
The moment your heart
flat-lined, the world tipped
upside down,
you gone from us,
links cut, you dead
going around my head.
I could have said more
had I known, if I had that time
with you that day again,
I could have said
how much I loved you,
it's depth and strength,
but I didn't know
that death was near,
my son, my Stoic man,
my one so dead.
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