My Brother's Life Struggles
...My brother died so suddenly, unexpectedly
at sixty six, a young age in today’s standard.
He contracted the Corona virus that took his life.
Unable to breathe, he was taken to emergency
on Christm...
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Categories:
intubated, life,
Form: Free verse
Rage of Mortal Despair
...Verdant hills fluttered whispers of amber winds
And flowers too smiled on the face of morning
Yet, nothing was the same in season’s dawning
Disfigured by blemish on visage of new spring
When shad...
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Categories:
intubated, dark, death, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Ins and Outs Part 3
...Author's note: This is an epic length poem that will have to be split into parts and will be serialized in successive posts.
Part 3
our subject awoke
while still dark everywhere
dark with ...
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Categories:
intubated, how i feel, ,
Form: Free verse
Inged
...Ing/ed
He was:
timed
lying down
waiting
braving it, the pain, invincible
grimacing
sweating
hedging-his bets
not panicking-yet
pacing
gasping
falling
still
breathless
void
stopped...
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Categories:
intubated, anger, bereavement, brother, death,
Form: Free verse