Spirits Erode
Cold fever
Hands shake
Sweating through
Hospital gowns
Fading baby blues
New families pray
Cross lines choke
A fettered strain
Turning backs
IVs in veins
Restless, awake
Fears, recessional breaks
Last words
Lips crack like ice
Still eager for change
Unvoiced through elderly eyes
A twinkling firelight therein
Muted contentions explode
Frail hands kind nurses
Continue to hold
Spirits erode
Others, my own
Good people out of work
Losing their homes
Cheated by interest on
Discredited loans
Educated to inherit
A porcelain throne
Exorbitant tuition costs
Half a country promoting decay
Medical bills too high to pay
Without counsel for fine print
Over which 20/20 vision squints
Before our future vision goes
And faint humanity with it
January 4, 2010 at 2:02 pm
An excellent commentary on society and humanity.
Love the construction of the clipped phrases and ideas.
January 4, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Thank you. Really enjoyed the pieces I read yesterday on your blog. Lots of honesty and emotion in your work.
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