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By Diddi
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28 March 2008 |
I was a nurse for many years, I dealt often with the dying and their deaths. I never failed to feel this.
I am enthralled
As life leaves
This person.
Unique.
I wonder at his past,
His hopes,
His dreams.
This dessicated shell.
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Written by andybyers (171 comments posted) 28th March 2008 | | I think the great tragedy of human existence is the years, the decades we pour into becoming... and how ultimately it's all lost, and even our names are really just a breath in the wind. |
Written by Phil (6730 comments posted) 28th March 2008 | God, depressing, as is the above review. Still, they both reflect a truth.
Effective piece.
Phil |
Written by mia_ms_kim (1019 comments posted) 28th March 2008 | It's fascinating to know you are "enthralled" as you witness people dying for the reasons you give in the poem. I feel it. I wonder how such experiences change a person's perspective on life...
Mia  |
Written by Josie (2786 comments posted) 28th March 2008 | | Coming into this world can be easy or not, and the same going. But I have seen my little dog die peacefully, and it wasn't awful. She drifted into a wonderful sleep, and I hope into a new life. I thought "How lovely!" Perhaps I am morbid, but I don't think so. |
Written by Diddi (80 comments posted) 28th March 2008 | | To sit with a person through the long night hours, as they complete their journey, is truly enthralling. I am pleased Josie that your little dog went on her journey so peacefully. Death is the completion of life, it's not morbid, neither is my little poem. From the early '60s I have sat, watched and talked with dying patients. It has always been a privileged and sacred time, and I gained much inner peace from these experiences. |
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