WISHING FOR DEATH--award winner

WISHING FOR DEATH


I just sit and watch alone,
The clock ticks the seconds;
I feel that with every tick
It constantly beckons.

It tells me my time is up
And I am not needed.
For children I don’t matter;
By wife I’m not heeded.

It’s not that they hate me but
I am so bed-ridden.
I cannot move out of bed,
Paralysis stricken.

I can’t hear and I can’t see
I cannot talk clearly.
Doctors have concluded that
I’m clouded mentally.

In such a pathetic state,
I wish death arrives soon.
My going, in fact, will be
For everyone a boon.


* Rhyme, abcb; syllabic pattern, 7-6-7-6
*Awarded third place in the ""Like a Song" Poetry Contest" , "Like a Song" Poetry Contest”, Round 20, hosted by has etsy shop GhoulishTreats! , October 2008. The prompt: The poem should have the line—“I sit alone and watch the clock”. (The poem was later revised.)


M C Gupta
12 October 2008