Death! In the living Mind!
Who said...
“I do not fear death, I welcome it.
I go with both arms outstretched,
or was that hands, with which to choke it!”
A legacy granted to each and every soul.
Death is the darkness veiling the light
of immortality of soul in the next life.
A person, a presence or a state of mind,
removes the connection between body and kind.
My mind is dark, cloistered and locked.
The key to my future somewhere lost.
There is a keenness and presence
that we should be thankful for, our essence.
What of the person who cannot remember
the activity of their lives,
because of a disease that has claimed
the knowledge of where death lies?
There are many assaults made on the body,
some are given names!
Medicine will treat the obvious malady
while searching for the cure of all other.
Where will we wait for death?
Shall we hide in a mental recess?
Are the hospitals and retirement homes
the best places for us to be alone.
Institutions are places with walls.
No freedom is granted outside their halls.
The caregivers’ role may provide more or less care,
based upon the perception of those who are not there.
Are family members important to inmates?
Is there a chance to retain dignity,
and possibly regain or maintain sanity,
through the caring of those who should be considerate.
Life is about values!
So is death!
The fulfillment of destiny
is a reflection of risk.
The fullness of life must be grasped.
If it is not it will passively pass.
Death is always present
awaiting a moment of opportunity!
A long life may not be a full life,
there may be a lack of ‘joie de vie!’
Caution does not travel like the tortoise
that hurries at its own pace.
Look now to the content of your day!
Question the context of what you may say.
To what relative or friend who has gone away
will you look kindly and help alleviate decay.
The memories you make are the result of action.
Will they leave good impressions
on the mind and soul of the recipient?
Can they be recalled when sanity is under assault?
Death is physical!
It is also emotional!
The loss of memory suffered in “alzheimer’s”
is equal to the loss of a loved one!
The feelings of strangeness
leave an emptiness between mother and son,
father and daughter, husband and wife.
Each suffering a difficult experience.
Consider the alternatives to the rebuke!
Look to renewing a closeness and renew the link,
the involvement with the one who can
again be a part of you!
Be kind! Be considerate! Be patient!
Share the warmth of love
in compassion and empathy
and build upon your possibilities.
Let the moment embrace you;
do not be shut out or carried away
by the loss with which you are faced.
Take your legacy in hand and go forth.
Death!
In life or at the end of it!
Why not go forward to meet it,
with both arms outstretched?
August 12th. 1996 © Will George.
Will George Poet
will-george-poet.co.uk