Monday, May 19, 2014

bigger waves






and now my father is dying

and there's nothing i can do about it.

unexpected diagnosis

cancer

spreading fast

one day an old but healthy man

chopping wood

playing his harmonica

reminiscing glory days

the next

he cannot eat or sleep

constant pain

mother a wreck

and i am too.

i almost like it

the break

from my own selfish pity parties

to think about someone else's plight

but the loss

is mine

i have no words

sad is too weak an adjective

why Lord

why all at once

show me what to do

i'll get on the next plane

be his hospice

whatever it takes

if it would stop the pain

don't let him die Lord

please..



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