A Living Dilemma
making out a living will
how long to keep a respirator plugged
how much quality of life to demand
and who will have the final say
family members might let you linger too long
not wishing to burden anyone, but still determined
best friend since school days chosen for this task
needed someone who’d do as I wished, not as they wanted
the dilemma wasn't really in how to go
it was in having it done my way
is there someone to whom you’d entrust this duty
knowing not what tomorrow might bring
*by Carolyn Devonshire
Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2011
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