Memorial of a Loved One Ct
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
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Memorial of a Loved One
Copyright © Panagiota Romios | Year Posted 2019
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