Saturday, August 1, 2015

20150802: I had a nightmare last night.

I had a nightmare last night,
which has left me upset;
discombobulated.

I dreamt I was imprisoned -
trapped, unable to leave;
but then I am. 

In prison, that is -
my body failing, sick, weak;
a debilitating disease.

Hospitals are like prisons -
Soulless places;
I have lost all autonomy.

Chronic illness itself 
Is a life sentence -
and hospital a place of dread:

There is no release -
it is a life sentence:
imprisoned without life.

Soon the doctors 
will solve their dilemma
and put me in a nursing home

Another prison.
I am only sixty one
I am not happy.

25 July 15

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