Forgotten Patient
Forgotten Patient
The patient sits
Staring out the window,
The nurses talk to him
Like he’s a child,
But he just sits
And stares
Looking out the window.
Once he was a young man,
Growing,
A husband out earning,
Now widowed,
A father holding
His children so dear,
Now living there lives.
This man that fought
During World War Two.
He may no longer talk,
But he is still
A person.
No need to
Treat him so bad,
It could be your dad.
He sits and looks
At the world going by
Outside.
Decisions made for him,
But not what he wants.
He sits feeling like
He’s forgotten,
No one cares no more,
For this brave young man
Stuck in a world,
He can’t escape.
Suddenly,
He gets up,
Gather’s his things
Walking out.
No one sees him go,
This lonely old man
Just walks back home,
To get on living
His life, his way.
Copyright © Gail Underwood | Year Posted 2015
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