NUMBERED DAYS

NUMBERED DAYS


When a loved one is in bed,
With no hope of getting out;
When the days are but numbered,
And the outcome not in doubt;

When all the needles and tubes
Are not treatment but torment;
When assurances that “You
Will be alright” get frequent;

Then it is relatives and
Friends stop almost in their track.
They know for once that no more
Their loved one will now be back!


* Written in abcb 7-7-7-7 format.


• Related poems:


"FIVE FACES OF MARTHA: award winner" 
"NUMBERED DAYS" 
"AN IRONICAL LIFE" 

And,
the following poems in the book "SCIENCE, MEDICAL, LAW, HUMOR, CHILDREN" :

DOCTORS, PATIENTS AND LAWYERS
EUTHANASIA
PATIENT’S V. DOCTOR’S PLIGHT

M C Gupta
19 March 2005