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Memorial of a Loved One

In Memory of My Mother, Irene!

Some memories so terribly painful be, 
and will not leave my memory.
I took care of my bedridden Mom
for five years and then..
On that sunny, dreadful July afternoon
I knew the Grim Reaper was knocking 
on our door far too soon!
I called the paramedics on the
phone right away.
My feelings of fear were allayed.

They arrived, but it seemed not soon
enough.
Four paramedics removed her from the 
bed and laid her on the floor.
But refused to do nothing more.

They, asking hysterical,me...
Do I have signed papers as to to in life 
she wants to be!
I wanted to sock each and all!
I had no such papers, I wept in the hall.

My Mother, on the floor, lay.
All walking about her as if she were less 
than a bale of hay.
They all standing there, would do nothing 
at all.
I had to search for my birth certificate, to 
prove I was her daughter, if I wanted her 
to live at all.

Mother, gasping for breath all the while.
Like a drowning child submerged
in death's waters!

Twenty minutes later and doing nothing for 
her, I demanded she be taken to hospital.
Of course, it was too late!
Death, yes, choked her in its coil!
Death by nonsensical, legalistic turmoil.

This was the most dramatic, heart
rendering,maddening and horrid moment 
of my life.
My Mother, lover of children, filled with love 
for life and all humanity!
Killed by needless paper work demands and legality.

Be sure, be very sure you have signed papers 
as to your choices.
Elst you die too, despite the cries of your families 
tears, and their unheeded voices!



Entered 12/12/2019
Chantelle Ann Cooke's Contest
Memorial of a Loved One

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