Cancer
Death watch3 total reviews
Comment from honeytree
The art work is really great for these words.
Cancer is a horrible word and disease
killing so many within our world every day.
I often ask myself why?
honey tree
  |
The art work is really great for these words.
Cancer is a horrible word and disease
killing so many within our world every day.
I often ask myself why?
honey tree
Comment Written 30-Sep-2014
Comment from Dawny53
I read this poem twice.. trying to make sure I understood exactly where every word was taking me.. and the first time around it wasn't until I came to the end that I finally understood your words. What an ending! I just about wanted to cry... thanks for sharing
 |
I read this poem twice.. trying to make sure I understood exactly where every word was taking me.. and the first time around it wasn't until I came to the end that I finally understood your words. What an ending! I just about wanted to cry... thanks for sharing
Comment Written 29-Sep-2014
Comment from Jay Squires
Walt, you ever heard Robert Browning's famous words, "At one time only God and I knew what my poetry meant. Now, God only knows!"
I would like very much to say I understand your poem. It's like so many of the others: I get a feeling about midway through, that I'm flowing along with it, have some understanding, then something as simple as "Son it is time to die" that tosses me to the side of the road. I thought you were talking about a female until then.
And, then the final stanza:
Pushing the dose
Button again and again
Death comes quickly
For Both
After an operation I was given a button by my hospital bed that controlled the dosage of morphine I was to get. Need more, push the button. The last stanza had that special meaning for me, but here were two in the bed.
Oh, me!
reply by the author on 29-Sep-2014
|
Walt, you ever heard Robert Browning's famous words, "At one time only God and I knew what my poetry meant. Now, God only knows!"
I would like very much to say I understand your poem. It's like so many of the others: I get a feeling about midway through, that I'm flowing along with it, have some understanding, then something as simple as "Son it is time to die" that tosses me to the side of the road. I thought you were talking about a female until then.
And, then the final stanza:
Pushing the dose
Button again and again
Death comes quickly
For Both
After an operation I was given a button by my hospital bed that controlled the dosage of morphine I was to get. Need more, push the button. The last stanza had that special meaning for me, but here were two in the bed.
Oh, me!
Comment Written 29-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 29-Sep-2014
-
Son was only one who could push the button, burden of life dies with both, pain of one, leaves the other holding responsibility of the other, way things are going perhaps only God knows and he is not talking.. Walt
-
Thanks for adding the exegesis as only the poet can.
