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Another Chance



Death challenged my being alive


and stunned me into an artificial sleep.


And when I awoke in my drive,


my cuts and bruises were far too deep.



I crawled up my precipitous hill


and ascended my last few stairs.


And if looks of fear could truly kill,


you should have seen the stares!



Was it a bear, they asked,


that attacked you? No.


My car grabbed me fast


and I reacted too damn slow.



Soon the medics arrived


and sped me away.


with hopes that I may survive


to live another day.



But my brain scan wasn’t right.


There was bleeding in my head.


And I became filled with fright


and learned I could be dead.




Then hours passed after I was seen


And at last, they offered me meds


but mistakenly gave me enough morphine


to almost make me dead.



And after five hours more


they sent me on my way.


And I slept near the floor


until the following day.



However, when I awoke, my sweet dog


had crawled beside me to pass away.


Too much death left me in a fog


And pondering decay.



If a cat has nine lives


Surely, I have at least three.


But I expended two that tragic night


and my get-out-of-jail card wasn’t free.



And so, I have another chance


to revel in my daughter’s delight.


And with any luck, I'll watch her dance


on her distant wedding night.


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