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.