Friday, October 05, 2007

I See You (ICU)

The ache
of seeing you wounded
and lying there

injured
helplessly dependent
surrounded by technological care

when better
is not getting worse
it's a long time

5 comments:

polona said...

ohhh... poignant!
fingers crossed

floots said...

i can only echo polona's words
your last stanza says so well what many of us have had (or will have) to go through

steve said...

polona & floots - thank you. watching my dad these days.

Annie Wicking said...

Wow Keep the faith, Steve.

My very best wishes to you and your family

best wishes
Annie

steve said...

thanks Annie - getting a bit better, but slow